Nebraska Hill South Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Bismuth, Molybdenum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088741
MRDS ID M058343
Record type Site
Current site name Nebraska Hill South Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.67189, 40.50827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 4800 FT S 02 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 36 SW OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE ONE: .OZ % BI, .04% MO, .07% PB
Result VEIN SAMPLE ONE: TRACES CW, MO, PB
Result DUMP SAMPLE TWO: .1 OZ./TON AG, TRACES BI, CU, .04% PB
Result VEIN SAMPLE TWO: .3 OZ./TON AG, .03% MO
Result REPLACEMENT SAMPLE ONE: TRACES AG, CU, MO
Result SHEAR ZONE SAMPLE ONE, TRACE CU
Result DUMP SAMPLE THREE: .OZ % MO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Doughnut
    Rock description Doughnut

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.67189, 40.50827

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On South Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description North Of Deer Creek Fault, West Of Alta Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

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 National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.002HA
    Length 152.4M
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 ADITS, 2 PROSPECT PITS

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.