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Pittsburg Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021289
MRDS ID DC15591
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsburg Mine
Related records 10204193

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.61634, 40.56355 (WGS84)
Elevation 3124
Relative position 0.5 MI NORTH OF PITTSBURG LAKE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003E 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES HUDSON AND WAR EAGLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1872: 10 - 30 OZ AG, 40 % PB. 1905 : $.40 AU, 9.45 OZ AG, 38.30 % PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.61634, 40.56355
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pittsburg Fault (Nw, 80 N), Fissure (N 40 E, 55 - 65 Nw)

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip 55 - 65 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION OCCURS WITHIN THE OPHIR LS AND MAXFIELD LS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Comments on the production information

  • PROD - 1905 - 1909; 1919; 1922 - 1923 WITH 2,000 TONS PRODUCED TO 1885

Comments on the workings information

  • 1,185 FT OF WORKINGS TO 1885

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, FC AND BUTLER, BS, 1943 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF COTTONWOOD-AM FORK AREA: USGS PROF PAPER 201 , P. 134

  • Deposit

    USBM WAR MIN. RPT

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1922, 1923

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 05-12-1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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