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Mineral Flat Ne Mines

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042093
MRDS ID M058352
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Flat Ne Mines
Alternate or previous names Estella, Orphan, Diehl, Anna, Boyd Park, Utah 76 Claims, Alta Merger Mines Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63272, 40.56133 (WGS84)
Elevation 3060
Relative position 3,000 FT S 45 E OF MOUNT BALDY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(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 003S 003E 17 NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTIONS WERE PROJECTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP OF ADIT A: AG-1030 PPM, AU-.36 PPM, CU-7600 PPM, MO-1 PPM, PB-151000 PPM, ZN-31500 PPM
Result GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP OF ADIT D: AG-525 PPM, AU-.25 PPM, CU-270 PPM, MO-LESS THAN 1 PPM, PB-399000 PPM, ZN-4880 PPM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Big Cottonwood;Mineral Fork Tillite
    Rock description Big Cottonwood;Mineral Fork Tillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63272, 40.56133
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault, Uinta Arch

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • WEST PROSPECTS IN CAMBRIAN MAXFIELD LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.001HA
    Length 300.23M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 3.05M
    Overall width 2.74M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTS A-ONE SMALL ADIT ABOVE A LARGER ADIT, BOTH COLLAPSED BUT TOTALING ABOUT 200 FEET, ONE SMALL PROSPECT PIT TO WEST 5 FT. DIAMETER 2 FEET DEEP AND ONE 20 FEET DEEP OPEN SHAFT TO WEST; ADIT B-COLLAPSED, ABOUT 200 FEET LONG; ADIT C-COLLAPSED, ABOUT 200 FEET LONG; PROSPECTS D-SHORT COLLAPSED ADIT WITH 20 FOOT DEEP, 8 FOOT DIAMETER SHAFT UPHILL FROM THAT; PROSPECT E-PIT 2 FEET DEEP, 8 FEET IN DIAMETER; PROSPECT F - COLLAPSED ADIT, ABOUT 300 FEET LONG; SHAFT G-WATER FILLED, ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT D EXPLORES BRECCIATED QUARTZITE ALONG ARCUATE FAULT (N40E, VERTICAL), SHAFT G EXPLORES SHEAR ZONE (N 50 E) ALL THE WORKINGS ARE IN BRECCIATED QUARTZITE EXCEPT FOR SOME BRECCIATED LIMESTONE ON THE DUMP OF ADIT A, MAIN ADIT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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