Milkmaid Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088714
MRDS ID M058255
Record type Site
Current site name Milkmaid Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.67022, 40.52216 (WGS84)
Elevation 2694
Relative position 2900 FT N 68 E FROM THE CENTER OF SILVER LAKE

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)

Lone Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 002E 25 NW OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 36% PB, 58 OZ. AG, TRACE AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.67022, 40.52216

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On South Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures In Quartzite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Lake District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 13,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF PRODUCTION TO 1880; PRODUCTION IN 1902, 1903, 1953, 1954, 1956 AND 1958 TOTALING 61 TONS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 163.07M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL ADITS, SOME OBLITERATED. 535 FT. TOTAL FOR LENGTH OF WORKINGS WAS TO 1880.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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