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Gold Dome Mine

Past Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10011017
MRDS ID D005150
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Dome Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Dipper, Gold Coin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.01638, 38.00246 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 7700 FEET SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PEAK ELEVATION 8411 IN SECTION 13, T 32 S, R 20 W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rice Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 032S 019W 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Gold Ore
Kaolin Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Wad Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.01638, 38.00246
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG E
    Length 304.8M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing & Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stateline

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF AN ADIT FROM WHICH 3 INTERNAL LEVELS HAVE DEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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