Flagstaff Mine

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014897
MRDS ID D011994
Record type Site
Current site name Flagstaff Mine
Related records 10227961

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50384, 40.60661 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774
Relative position 3400 FT N23E OF LONE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 33 SW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Barite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Flagstaff Mountain Stock
    Rock description Flagstaff Mountain Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Weber Quartzite
    Rock description Weber Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.50384, 40.60661

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast Striking Fissure

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N30E TO N60E
    Dip 60NW 90NW
    Width 0.25M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M
  • General form LENS
    Dip 60NW 90NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast Striking Fissure And Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1871
Discoverer James M. Kennedy
Year of first production 1871
Year of last production 1881

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New Park Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION UNKNOWN, BUT MINE WAS ACTIVE NEARLY CONTINUOUSLY FROM 1871 TO 1881

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • EARLY DEVELOPMENT COMPRISED OF AN INCLINE SUNK ON EXPOSED, OXIDIZED FISSURE ORE TO A DEPTH OF 400 FT. A SIMILAR INCLINE AND SHAFT WERE SUNK NEARBY.

Comments on development

  • WAS THE FIRST PRODUCER FROM THE PARK CITY DISTRICT AND SECOND DISCOVERY. LAST RECORDED PRODUCTION IN 1881. INACTIVE WELL BEFORE 1912

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EARLY AND MOST VOLUMINOUS PRODUCTION CAME FROM A 10 INCH WIDE VEIN OF OXIDIZED PB-AG ORE STRIKING NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST AND DIPPING NORTHWEST IN QUARTZITE. MINOR MINERALIZATION PRESENT IN FRACTURES NEAR THE FLAGSTAFF MOUNTAIN STOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references