Pacific Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021295
MRDS ID DC15603
Record type Site
Current site name Pacific Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Rock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.59495, 40.54133 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position IN AMERICAN FK CANYON 1.5 MI SW OF MILLER HILL.

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 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SIX CLAIMS COVERING 120 ACRES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1909 : AVG. 30 OZ AG, 15 % PB. 1916 : $.55 AU, 14.9 OZ AG, 30.1 % PB, 10.15 % INSOLUBLE, 23.9 % FE, 2.15 % ZN, 30.6 % SULFUR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.59495, 40.54133

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mountain Dell Fault (E-W, 55 S, Max. Throw 1,000 Ft), Pacific Fissure (N 45 E, 50 Nw), Variegated Fault (N 70 W, Steep, 18 Ft Of Movement)

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOTS, LENTICULAR BODIES
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 60 NW
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Comments on the production information

  • PROD - 1917 - 1919, 1922, 1928, 1930 - 1931, 1936 - 1939, 1941 - 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • 800 FT OF TUNNEL WORK, 700 FT OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MIN. RES. OF U.S. 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1955 - 1926, 1928 - 1931, 1937 - 1941, 1946, 1948, 1950 - 1951

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, FC AND BUTLER, BS, 1943 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF COTTONWOOD-AM FORK AREA: USGS PROF PAPER 201 , P. 135

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, BS AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEP OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER III, P. 269

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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.

External references