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Dillon Adit

Past Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078708
MRDS ID W027231
Record type Site
Current site name Dillon Adit
Related records 10275577

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.26541, 38.5311 (WGS84)
Elevation 3060
Relative position 3/4 MILE SOUTH OF HORSE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warner Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal 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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 024E 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SEC. 15 , UNSURVEYED; PROPERTY IS ON PATENTED CLAIM IN NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Halite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.26541, 38.5311
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding And Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name La Sal Mountains, Miners Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah International, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • MODERATE AMOUNT OF WATER ISSUING FROM MINE ADIT. ACCESS TO WORKINGS WAS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO LOCKED GATE AT ADIT ENTRANCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE HUNT, C. B., PROFESSIONAL PAPER 294-I

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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