| Deposit ID | 10015222 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00522 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Deer Trail Mine |
| Related records | 10179685 |
| 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 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Piute |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 004W | 11 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Cadmium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Toroweap Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Toroweap Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.27217, 38.38608 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Dome |
| 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 |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1878 |
| District name | Mt. Baldy Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Deer Train Development Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 39624M |
| Overall depth | 231.65M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00522 |
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 45 - 47
BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLOURITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 110 , P. 66 - 67
PERRY, L. I., 1978
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCER OF METALS IN THE MARYSVALE AREA |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1978 | Perry, Lee I. | Bureau of Land Management |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 11/18/2021 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 4200260 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | DEER TRAIL |
| Current operator | DT Mining LLC |
| Current controller (parent) | DTM USA; QCDT Holdings LLC |
| Mine type | Underground (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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