Elsie Jane Drift

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012828
MRDS ID D008784
Record type Site
Current site name Elsie Jane Drift
Alternate or previous names Nelson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.73328, 40.00078 (WGS84)
Elevation 1506
Relative position 9,900 FT S 30 W OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spanish Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 002E 29 NW OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Teutonic Limestone
    Rock description Teutonic Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Maxfield Limestone and Ophir Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 43-66 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Striking Ns, Dipping 43-66 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer J.E. Nelson Of Spring Lake

Mining district

District name Santaquin District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. E. Nelson

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period -1941
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 18wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 185.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH WORKING IS 600 FT ADIT, SOUTH WORKING IS 8 FT. ADIT IN COLLUVIUM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEMARS, L.C., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF DRY MOUNTAIN, SOUTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 3, NO. 2.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.S., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 9, PT. 1.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Production

    DEMARS, L.C., 1956, P. 45

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CAME FROM CROSSCUT WHICH IS NOW COLLAPSED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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