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Dipper Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020930
MRDS ID DC14287
Record type Site
Current site name Dipper Mine
Alternate or previous names Clementine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.79079, 40.5805 (WGS84)
Elevation 1628
Relative position 2750 FT N02W OF GRANITE SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Draper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 001E 01 SW OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE: .7 PPM AG, .02 PPM AU, 25 PPM CU, 1 PPM MO, 12 PPM PB, 36 PPM ZN, 18 PPM CO, 35 PPM NI, 2 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Little Willow
    Rock description Little Willow

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.79079, 40.5805
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1946

Mining district

District name Little Willow Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Clementine Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ORE PRODUCED 1903, 1928, 1931, 1946; ONE LOT SHIPPED IN 1928 ASSAYED OVER 10 OZ./TON AU; SEVERAL LOTS SHIPPED IN 1931 ASSAYED OVER 1 OZ./TON AU

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • 800 FT. ADIT AND A 100 FT. SHAFT BY 1926

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-377.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 114, P. 47, FIGURE 9.

  • Production

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 47.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ADIT FOLLOWS A CONTACT BETWEEN SERICITIC SCHIST AND AMPHIBOLITE, THE TUNNEL AND SHAFT INTERSECT A 14 FT QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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