| Deposit ID | 10088997 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00241 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Flying Dutchman Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Silver Shield |
| Related records | 10102145, 10276716 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.5183, 39.91938 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1937 |
| Relative position | NEAR THE MOUTH OF HARD TO BEAT CANYON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Erickson Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 10S | 6W | 28 | SE4 OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Secondary |
| Uranium | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Turquoise | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Result | FOUR FISSURE VEINS WERE DEVELOPED TOGETHER AT THE FLYING DUTCHMAN MINE AND ADJOINING COPPER JACK MINE. THE VEINS AVERAGED 3 TO 5% COPPER, ACCORDING TO EARLY REPORTS |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -112.5183, 39.91938 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | South Flank Fault Of Sheeprock Mountains Striking Approx. N45w |
| General form | TABULAR, LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30W |
| Dip | 50 SW |
| Length | 274.32M |
| Width | 4.57M |
| General form | TABULAR, LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 50 SW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1908 |
| District name | Columbia District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | John Gary Ekker, Jr. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00241 |
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 5948, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
COHENOUR, R.E., 1963, BERYLLIUM AND ASSOC. MINERALIZATION IN THE SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COS., IN BOWYER, BEN, AND OTHERS, BERYLLIUM AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 17, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, SLC, UT
COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UGMS BULL. 63 P. 117
HARRIS, DEVERLE, 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE DUTCH PEAK AREA, SHEEPROCK RANGE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UNPUBL. M.S. THESIS, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV., PROVO, UTAH; REF. 5 LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920 IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHER, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III, P. 428-429; REF. 6 USGS, 1929, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., P. 632; REF. 7 USGS, 1930, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., P. 606
U.S.G.S, 1929, MIN. RES. OF U.S., P. 632
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FOUR SUBPARALLEL, N30-40W STRIKING FISSURE VEINS STRIKE ACROSS THE FLYING DUTCHMAN AND COPPER JACK PROPERTIES. MINERALIZATION CAN BE TRACED FOR AT LEAST APPROX. 1 1/2 MILES FROM THE MOUTH OF BURNED CANYON TO THE FLYING DUTCHMAN MINE AREA |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1982 | Messenger, Harold M. III | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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