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Elgin Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Tungsten
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102114
MRDS ID DC14277
Record type Site
Current site name Elgin Mine
Alternate or previous names Scott Mine, Copper Apex Mine, Crystal Elgin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.55939, 40.6205 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
Relative position JUST NORTH OF SCOTTS PASS

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)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ACC. NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECT. 25. CONSOLIDATED IN 1927 AS THE SILVER KING MINING CO. GROUP.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN IS FOUND IN THE CALC-SILICATE MINERALS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.55939, 40.6205
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30-45 E
    Dip 70-80 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1933

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 1948-1955 WAS VALUED AT $110,059.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS IN THE ELGIN MINE CONSIST OF 1140 FT OF ADITS AND INCLINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 82-86

  • Production

    JAMES, 1979, P. 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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