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Big Nebo Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020258
MRDS ID DC12883
Record type Site
Current site name Big Nebo Mine
Related records 10155447

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.80384, 39.87634 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 12,810 FT S89W OF BALD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santaquin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 001E 10 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

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) -111.80384, 39.87634
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike N25W
    Dip 60-80E
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mt. Nebo District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT NOW FLOODED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111.

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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