The
state of Utah is the second largest producer of gold in
the
United States, following only the state of Nevada. This is
directly attributable to the fact that the mineral-rich
North
American Great Basin province incorporates the western third
of the state of Utah, and brings equal mineral riches to
this
part of Utah as are realized throughout northern Nevada.
The incredibly rich Great Basin metalogenic province contains the majority of mineral deposits found in Utah and also bears the greatest potential for remaining undiscovered gold deposits in the state according to the estimation of both the United States Geological Survey and the Utah Geological Survey.
But although Utah's modern gold-producing mines are typically found in the western third of the state, historical 'lost' mines and yet-to-be-discovered finds elsewhere in the state nevertheless remain widely open to the chance of casual - or systematic - discovery.
The tale told below is not in any way the only Lost Gold
Mine in Utah -- it is simply the only one definitively researched
by the team at theGeoZone!
A
General History of Utah