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New York Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041815
MRDS ID M057619
Record type Site
Current site name New York Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.48939, 40.61522 (WGS84)
Elevation 2524
Relative position IN ONTARIO CANYON, 0.5 MILE SW OF BALD EAGLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heber City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 27 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result 1906 ORE SHIPPED CONTAIN 109 - 131 OZ/TON AG, 12 - 20 % PB, AND $1/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.48939, 40.61522
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures Trend Ne-Sw, Nw-Se, And N-S.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 - 75 E
    Dip SE
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS PRIOR TO 1912 INCLUDE A 400 FT SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS, A 200 FT WINZE FROM THE 400 FT LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912 , GEOL & ORE DEPOSITS OF PARK CITY DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 77 , P. 164 - 165

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S., BAKER, A.A., CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1970 , GEOL MAP OF THE HEBER QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 864

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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