Old Utah Mine

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014893
MRDS ID D011988
Record type Site
Current site name Old Utah Mine
Alternate or previous names Judge Group, United Park City Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.52911, 40.60911 (WGS84)
Elevation 2758
Relative position 3450 FT S61E OF JUPITER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(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)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 31 NE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED WITHIN THE JUDGE GROUP OF CLAIMS. THIS IS PROBABLY THE OLD UTAH MINE AS VERBALLY DESCRIBED BY BOUTWELL, 1912. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Clayton Peak Stock
    Rock description Clayton Peak Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Thaynes Formation
    Rock description Thaynes Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.52911, 40.60911

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast Striking Daly-Ontario Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N45E TO N80E
    Dip 70N
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast Striking Daly-Ontario Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT LIES IN A FINGER OF CLAYTON PEAK INTRUSIVE. ONTARIO-DALY WEST FAULT JUXTAPOSES THAYNES FORMATION TO SOUTH. INTRUSIVE CONTACT WITH ANKAREH FORMATION TO NORTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1881
Year of last production 1883

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE PROSPECT PIT, OR MAY BE A COLLASPED ADIT. THE OLD UTAH MINES SHAFT WAS 450 FT DEEP AS OF 1883.

Comments on development

  • THIS MAY BE THE OLD UTAH MINE. BY 1881 THE OLD UTAH SHAFT WAS SUNK 340 FT AND BY 1883 IT WAS 450 FT DEEP. PROPERTY WAS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE WHITE PINE AND ANCHOR PROPERTIES IN 1885. THIS WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST MINES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRESUMABLY MINING WAS TARGETED TOWARDS THE DALY-ONTARIO FAULT
Deposit THIS MAY BE THE OLD UTAH MINE, LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT VERBAL DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION GIVEN BY BOUTWELL, 1912. AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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