Deer Trail Mine

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Cadmium
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015222
MRDS ID DB00522
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Trail Mine
Related records 10179685

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27217, 38.38608 (WGS84)
Elevation 2262
Relative position 3 MILES EAST OF AETNA PEAK 1 1/4 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF COTTONWOOD CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Brigham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake 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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 004W 11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Cadmium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE OCCURS IN BRECCIATED TALISMAN QUARTZITE BELOW THE LIMESTONE REPLACEMENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Fluorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Toroweap Formation
    Rock description Toroweap Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27217, 38.38608

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Strike N 72 DEG W
    Dip 15 DEG E
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to top 231.65M
    Depth to bottom 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small North-West Trending Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1878

Mining district

District name Mt. Baldy Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Deer Train Development Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 39624M
    Overall depth 231.65M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FIVE ADITS, AND TWO SHAFTS THESE WORKINGS ARE OPEN AND IN RELETIVELY GOOD SHAPE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 45 - 47

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLOURITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 110 , P. 66 - 67

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCER OF METALS IN THE MARYSVALE AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 11/18/2021
MSHA mine ID4200260
Mine name (MSHA)DEER TRAIL
Current operatorDT Mining LLC
Current controller (parent)DTM USA; QCDT Holdings LLC
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1959 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references