American Flag Shaft No. 2

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Iron
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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101654
MRDS ID D006365
Record type Site
Current site name American Flag Shaft No. 2
Alternate or previous names American Flag Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50106, 40.62827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 3100 FT. SE OF TREASURE 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 2S 4E 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

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

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 Granodiorite Porphyry
    Rock description Granodiorite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    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) -111.50106, 40.62827

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
Discoverer William Curtis And J.G. 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

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., ET.AL., 1966. GEOL. MAP OF THE PARK CITY WEST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. GQ-535.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1966. MINERALS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 76.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP CRITTENDEN, M.D., ET.AL. GQ-53

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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