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Daly Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041810
MRDS ID M057611
Record type Site
Current site name Daly Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50939, 40.618 (WGS84)
Elevation 2487
Relative position IN EMPIRE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 28 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE SIMILAR TO THE ONTARIO VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike W-SW
    Dip 70 N
    Width 42.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1899 - 1950

Mining district

District name Park City District

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1899 - 1950
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.035 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 1g/mt
  • Year 1950
    Period 1899 - 1950
    Material ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.003 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Zinc Zinc 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • COMMODITY GRADES ARE AVERAGED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS, 1000 AND 1200 FT WITH LEVELS AT 100 FT INTERVALS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J. M., 1912 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF THE PARK CITY DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 77 , P. 145 - 148

  • Deposit

    JAMES, A. H., 1973 , LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH: UGMS SPEC STUDIES 44 , P. 29

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A. A., CALKINS, F. C. CRITTENDEN, M. D., JR., BROMFIELD, C. S., 1966 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 534

  • Production

    JAMES, A. H. ( 1973 )

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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