Mine detail: Flying Dutchman Mine

Previously called 'Silver Shield'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.91938, -112.5183

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Manganese
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Malachite, Pyrite, Turquoise, Uraninite
Gangue: Quartz, Specularite
Orebody form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1908

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Granite
Structure:Basin And Range, South Flank Fault Of Sheeprock Mountains Striking Approx. N45w
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSRE00241
DEP10088997
Reference{Deposit:: BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 5948, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH}{Deposit:: COHENOUR, R.E., 1963, BERYLLIUM AND ASSOC. MINERALIZATION IN THE SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COS., IN BOWYER, BEN, AND OTHERS, BERYLLIUM AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 17, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, SLC, UT}{Deposit:: COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UGMS BULL. 63 P. 117}{Deposit:: HARRIS, DEVERLE, 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE DUTCH PEAK AREA, SHEEPROCK RANGE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UNPUBL. M.S. THESIS, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV., PROVO, UTAH; REF. 5 LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920 IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHER, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III, P. 428-429; REF. 6 USGS, 1929, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., P. 632; REF. 7 USGS, 1930, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., P. 606}{Production:: U.S.G.S, 1929, MIN. RES. OF U.S., P. 632}
ReporterMessenger, Harold M. III