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Eldorado No. 1 & Eldorado No. 2 Group

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022643
MRDS ID FS00031
Record type Site
Current site name Eldorado No. 1 & Eldorado No. 2 Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.66745, 39.98328 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 6 MILES SE OF PAYSON, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Payson Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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

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 010S 002E 02 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.66745, 39.98328
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Major Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1959
Discoverer Lynn, Roy And Ira Montague

Mining district

District name Eldorado Mining District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Uinta

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lynn, Roy And Ira Montague

Comments on development

  • MINERAL EXAMINATION ESTABLISHED VALID DISCOVERY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VERNON T. DOW. 1960. FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    1960 OTHER FS - ESTABLISHED CLAIM VALIDITY

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION. V. T. DOW, JAN. 1960.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Sierk, Betty M. U.S. Forest Service

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