| Deposit ID | 10014878 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011953 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pittsburg Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Pittsburg Consolidated M. and M. Company, Pioneer Consolidated |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.61272, 40.56272 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3072 |
| Relative position | 3000 FT S69E FROM SUGARLOAF PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Utah(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)
Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003S | 003E | 16 | SE OF NE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ORE AVERAGES 13 OZ/TON AG, 44% PB, AND 2 DOLLARS/TON AU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock | ||||
| Rock unit name | Intermediate Dikes | ||||
| Rock description | Intermediate Dikes | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Ophir Formation;Maxfield Limestone |
| Rock description | Ophir Formation;Maxfield Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | Tintic Quartzite |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Pittsburg Fault Is An East-West Normal Fault Downdropped To The North. N40e Fissures |
| Strike | N40E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60NW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1872 |
| Year of first production | 1871 |
| Year of last production | 1910 |
| District name | American Fork District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1880 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1872-1880 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^13 Oz/Ton Ag, 44% Pb, $2 Au/Ton | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 361.19M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011953 |
BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 111.
BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
BUTLER, 1920, CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAIN ORE BODIES FORMED BY REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE MEMBER OF OPHIR FORMATION AND LOWER MAXFIELD LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO N40E STRIKING FISSURES. ORE MOSTLY OXIDIZED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1984 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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