Silver Creek North Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088737
MRDS ID M058333
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Creek North Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.6655, 40.51911 (WGS84)
Elevation 2627
Relative position 2,200 FT S 63 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 SE OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result VEIN ABOVE PORTAL OF UPPER ADIT: 4.6 OZ/TON AG, 13.4% PB, .82% ZN
Result DUMP SAMPLE: 2.5 OZ/TON AG, 2.62% PB
Result LOWER ADIT DUMP: .02 OZ/TON AU, 2 OZ./TON AG, .01% BI, 4.74% PB
Result IN TRENCH SE, 5.7 OZ. AG/TON, 10.7% PB
Result IN TRENCH SW: 2.2 OZ./TON AG, .05% CU, 8.1% PB
Result TRENCH NW: .7 OZ./TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.6655, 40.51911

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • On Ne Trending Fissure

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO COLLAPSED ADITS AND ONE TRENCH

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. 89-90.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY ON SAME VEIN SYSTEM AS THE ONTARIO MINE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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