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American Flag Shaft

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087356
MRDS ID D006421
Record type Site
Current site name American Flag Shaft
Alternate or previous names American Flag Group
Related records 10154898

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.5005, 40.62855 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 9800 FT S OF MASONIC HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park City West(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 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ORE IS MADE-UP OF ANGULAR FRAGEMENTS OF QUARTZITE AND MASSIVE AND CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ CEMENTED BY MANGANIFEROUS AND FERRUGINOUS MATTER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Porphyry
    Rock description Diorite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Weber Quartzites
    Rock description Weber Quartzites

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.5005, 40.62855
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Park City Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THESE WORKINGS LIE WITHIN THE GREAT CENTRAL AREA OF WEBER QUARTZITE UNCOVERED ALONG THE AXIS OF THE PARK CITY ANTICLINE AND IN THE HANGING WALL OF THE ONTARIO LODE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discoverer William Curtis And Jg. Rhodin

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 250 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED UP TO 1904

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 341.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • LEVELS DEVELOPED OFF SHAFT AT 500, 600, 700, 1000 AND 1100 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SYLVIA, GOELTZ, N., 1970, A DIRECTORY OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF UTAH; 1967: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, BULL. 84, P.31.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, KENNETH, C., 1966, MINERALS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOG. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, BULL. 76, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 77, PP. 1-230.

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR. 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARK CITY EAST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-852.

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85

  • Production

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.77

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORES ARE STAINED BY OCHEROUS MATERIAL; IRON AND MANGANESE STAINS ARE VERY COMMON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Johnson, Elizabeth A. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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