Silver Dollar Mine Prospect

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088642
MRDS ID M057996
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Dollar Mine Prospect
Alternate or previous names Eureka Deluxe, Deluxe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12968, 40.01162 (WGS84)
Elevation 2080
Relative position 1500 FT. SW OF BISMARK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulter Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 003W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE NE OF NW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result 11 PERCENT LEAD, 1.8 OZ./TON AG, .04 OZ./TON AU, SOME COPPER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tintic Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silver Dollar Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Tintic Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.085HA
    Length 396.24M
    Overall length 147.52M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT IS MAIN WORKING, 1200 FT LONG, SHAFT HAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. OF WORKINGS, THE THREE PROSPECTS ARE PITS CUT INTO JOINTED, IRON STAINED LIMESTONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: FOSTER, J.M., 1959, GEOL. OF THE BISMARK PEAK AREA: BYU M.S. THESIS

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 12.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    FOSTER, J.M., 1959, GEOL. OF THE BISMARK PEAK AREA: M.S. THESIS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV.

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E., GQ-14

  • Production

    FOSTER, J.M., 1959, GEOL. OF THE BISMARK PEAK AREA: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY M.S. THESIS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references