Nebraska Hill East Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Bismuth
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. 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. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042091
MRDS ID M058344
Record type Site
Current site name Nebraska Hill East Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.66522, 40.51438 (WGS84)
Elevation 2573
Relative position 3,200 FT S 30 E OF SILVER LAKE

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)

Lone Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 002E 36 NW OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result UPPER ADIT DUMP SAMPLE: .1 OZ./TON AG, .01% BI, .02% MO
Result LOWER ADIT, CHIP SAMPLE NORTH WALL: TRACE CV
Result LOWER ADIT CHIP SAMPLE: TRACE CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Doughnut;Fitchville
    Rock description Doughnut;Fitchville

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.66522, 40.51438

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On South Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Alta Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1880
    Period 0000-1880
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^30 Oz./Ton Ag, 35% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 35wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 847g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURE IS FOR NEBRASKA HILL SOUTH AND EAST WORKINGS

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, UPPER ONE IS CAVED 25 FT. FROM PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1491, P. 86-87.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 284.

  • Production

    BUTLER, B.S., ET-AL., 1920, P. 284.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.