Silver Dipper Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014881
MRDS ID D011958
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Dipper Mine
Related records 10300729

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.6255, 40.553 (WGS84)
Elevation 2798
Relative position 3300 FT N 20 W FROM MILLER HILL

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003E 08 NE OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • TOWNSHIP IS UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ORE WAS HAND SORTED TO CONTAIN 45 OZ/TON AG AND 40% PB, AVERAGE 10-20 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Big Cottonwood Formation
    Rock description Big Cottonwood Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.6255, 40.553

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast Striking Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 E TO N 50 E
    Dip 50 TO 60 NW
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast Striking Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1872
Year of last production 1875

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO MENTION OF TONNAGE OF PRODUCTION, BUT HAND SORTED ORE SAID TO RUN 45 OZ/TON AG AND 40% PB

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT DRIVEN SSW TO HIT NE-SW STRIKING VEIN. ADIT THEN TURNS SW TO FOLLOW VEIN. MOST PRODUCTION CAME FROM SW PORTION OF VEIN WHICH LIES WITHIN THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE. LENGTH OF WORKINGS ESTIMATED.

Comments on development

  • ADIT LOCATED ON THIS QUADRANGLE IS THE MAIN OPENING FOR THE MINE. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION, HOWEVER PROBABLY CAME FROM THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS NORTHEAST STRIKING FISSURE VEIN WHICH RANGES FROM 1 TO 4 FT WIDE. MAIN GANGUE IS QUARTZ AND PYRITE WITH ONE PRODUCTIVE SHOOT OF GALENA ORE FOUND. ORE SHOOT CUT OFF BY FAULTS STRIKING S 80 W AND S 50 W.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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