| Deposit ID | 10088048 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00294 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dyer Mine |
| Related records | 10202758 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.56822, 40.73551 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2996 |
| Relative position | 1700 FT. SOUTH-EAST OF DYER MTN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Uintah(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dyer Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Ashley National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Uintah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 001S | 021E | 16 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -109.56822, 40.73551 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Uinta Uplift |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 82.02M |
| Width | 68.58M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1887 |
| Discoverer | Dyer |
| Year of first production | 1897 |
| District name | Carbonate District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 1.672HA |
| Overall length | 200M |
| Overall width | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00294 |
PRUITT, R.G., 1961 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH CO.: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 71
UNTERMAN, E., 1921 , OLD "DYER MINE" REGION GEOLOGICALLY DESCRIBED: SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, VOL. 22 , NO. 23 , MARCH 15 , 1921
BUTLER, B.S., 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 111 , P. 599 - 606
1920 COMPILE BUTLER, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH
1961 RECON UTAH GEOL AND MIN. SURVEY, MIN. RESOURCES OF UINTAH CO.
MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1977 | Mccarthy, Blair M. | Bureau of Land Management |
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