Naildriver Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10042241
MRDS ID M058646
Record type Site
Current site name Naildriver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.488, 40.61494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2536
Relative position 3,000 FT N 42 W OF BALD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heber City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 27 NE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Zincite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Marmarization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Ontario Stock
    Rock description Ontario Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Weber Quartzite And Round Valley Limestone;Doughnut
    Rock description Weber Quartzite And Round Valley Limestone;Doughnut
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.488, 40.61494

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Arch
Type of structure Local
Structure description Park City Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 55-90 E
    Dip S 45-85

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 209.7M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL ABOUT 1800 FT. LONG (NORTH WORKING) WITH DRIFTING DONE FROM MAIN LEVEL AND A FEW SUB LEVELS; A 688 FT. DEEP SHAFT JOINS THE TUNNEL AT THE SHAFTS 400 FT. LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY JACK CREEN, CONSOLIDATED INTO NAILDRIVER MINING CO. WITH PARTIAL OWNERSHIP AND MINING ASSISTANCE BY THE ONTARIO CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURRED IN BUNCHES AND BROKEN BANDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references