El Dorado Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012834
MRDS ID D008793
Record type Site
Current site name El Dorado Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.7305, 40.00134 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2,850 FT S73W OF MOLLYS NIPPLE, Within 2000 Ft., Within 2000 Ft.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 002E 29 SE OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM DEMARS, L.C., 1956, TABLE NO. 2 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Herkimer Limestone
    Rock description Herkimer Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Maxfield Limestone and Ophir Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Santaquin District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period -1956
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 18wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEMARS, L.C., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF DRY MTN., SOUTHERN WASATCH MTNS., UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 3, NO. 2.

  • Deposit

    HALE, F.A., JR., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTAQUIN MINING DISTRICT: B.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, D.J., 1956, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE WEST LOAFER MOUNTAIN-UPPER PAYSON CANYON AREA, UTAH CO., UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 3, NO. 4.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111.

  • Production

    DEMARS, L.C., 1956, TABLE NO. 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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