Dolly Varden Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  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 10021003
MRDS ID DC14663
Record type Site
Current site name Dolly Varden Mine
Alternate or previous names Colonial Tunnel
Related records 10300911, 10251986

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.67968, 40.64161 (WGS84)
Elevation 2160
Relative position 8800 FT. S 45 E OF MOUNT RAYMOND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Aire(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

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 Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 002E 13 SE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 0.4 KM EAST OF MAXFIELD MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching And Recrystallization Of Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Dikes
    Rock description Diorite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Maxfied Limestone;Ophir
    Rock description Maxfied Limestone;Ophir

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tintic Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N. Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Beds Of Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1871

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION TO 1880 - $25,000, IN PB-AG ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS 10 FT. WIDE AT A DEPTH OF 100 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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