| Deposit ID | 10012828 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008784 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Elsie Jane Drift |
| Alternate or previous names | Nelson Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.73328, 40.00078 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1506 |
| Relative position | 9,900 FT S 30 W OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Utah(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Spanish Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Spanish Fork(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 009S | 002E | 29 | NW OF SE OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Teutonic Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Teutonic Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Maxfield Limestone and Ophir Formation |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wasatch Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 43-66 W |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | J.E. Nelson Of Spring Lake |
| District name | Santaquin District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. E. Nelson |
| Year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | -1941 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 185.32M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008784 |
DEMARS, L.C., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF DRY MOUNTAIN, SOUTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 3, NO. 2.
BULLOCK, K.S., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 9, PT. 1.
TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
DEMARS, L.C., 1956, P. 45
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE CAME FROM CROSSCUT WHICH IS NOW COLLAPSED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1981 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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