| Deposit ID | 10088737 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058333 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Creek North Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.6655, 40.51911 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2627 |
| Relative position | 2,200 FT S 63 E OF SILVER LAKE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003S | 002E | 36 | SE OF NW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Result | VEIN ABOVE PORTAL OF UPPER ADIT: 4.6 OZ/TON AG, 13.4% PB, .82% ZN |
|---|---|
| Result | DUMP SAMPLE: 2.5 OZ/TON AG, 2.62% PB |
| Result | LOWER ADIT DUMP: .02 OZ/TON AU, 2 OZ./TON AG, .01% BI, 4.74% PB |
| Result | IN TRENCH SE, 5.7 OZ. AG/TON, 10.7% PB |
| Result | IN TRENCH SW: 2.2 OZ./TON AG, .05% CU, 8.1% PB |
| Result | TRENCH NW: .7 OZ./TON AG |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Tintic Quartzite | ||||
| Rock description | Tintic Quartzite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.6655, 40.51911 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | On South Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Silver Lake District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 365.76M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058333 |
BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1491, P. 89-90.
CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROBABLY ON SAME VEIN SYSTEM AS THE ONTARIO MINE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1982 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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