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Constellation Shaft and Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087363
MRDS ID D006440
Record type Site
Current site name Constellation Shaft and Prospects
Alternate or previous names American Flag Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.48578, 40.63438 (WGS84)
Elevation 2329
Relative position 7900 FT SE 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 East(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 22,21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Weber Quartzite
    Rock description Weber Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.48578, 40.63438
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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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT AND THREE PROSPECTS IN SECTIONS 21 AND 22

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ERICKSON, A.J., (ED.), 1968. PARK CITY DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 22.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85

  • Production

    SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, 1914

Reporter information

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

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