Jupiter Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041813
MRDS ID M057615
Record type Site
Current site name Jupiter Mine
Related records 10203095

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.54606, 40.61383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2819
Relative position 0.3 MILES WEST OF JUPITER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(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)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 30 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sedimentary Rocks Are Highly Metamorphosed.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.54606, 40.61383

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures In The Property Strike N 30 - 70 E, Dip 45 - 85 Se.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINE IS AT THE IGNEOUS-SEDIMENTARY CONTACT ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1880 - 1906

Mining district

District name Park City District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TO 1888 ESTIMATED AT 50,000 POUNDS.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS IN 1912 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINE AND A SERIES OF TUNELS FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SLOPE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J. M., 1912 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF PARK CITY DISTRICT: USGS PP 77 , P. 220

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A. A., CALKINS, F. C., CRITTENDEN, M. D., JR, BROMFIELD, C. S., 1966 , GEOL MAP OF BRIGHTON QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 534

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references