Utah County Gold Locations

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Utah County Gold Locations

Gold Mining Site UT • Utah County County
Description
Utah County has two major gold producing areas. the east Tintic area has probably produced at least 250,000 ounces of gold, but most records credit that to Juab County. Utah County gold production is usually quoted at 45,000 ounces which was mine in the American Fork District located about five miles southeast of the Cottonwood district. The ore here also contains several other commercial minerals, mainly silver.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: utah_ut.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Utah County has two major gold producing areas. the east Tintic area has probably produced at least 250,000 ounces of gold, but most records credit that to Juab County. Utah County gold production is usually quoted at 45,000 ounces which was mine in the American Fork District located about five miles southeast of the Cottonwood district. The ore here also contains several other commercial minerals, mainly silver.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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