| Deposit ID | 10102151 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15594 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Dipper Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.6255, 40.553 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2797 |
| Relative position | 0.75 MI SE OF PITTSBURG LAKE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003S | 003E | 17 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Result | SORTED ORE: 45 OZ AG, 40 % PB PER TON |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -111.6255, 40.553 |
|---|
| Strike | N 45 - 50 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 50 - 60 NW |
| Width | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | American Fork District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15594 |
BUTLER, BS AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1916 , A RECON OF THE COTTONWOOD-AM FORK MINING REGION: USGS BULL 620
CALKINS, FC AND BUTLER, BS, 1943 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF COTTONWOOD-AM FORK AREA: USGS PROF PAPER 201 , P. 133
USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1935, 1940, 1943, 1963
3A UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 79, 1966
CONSV. COMP. DATE, 05-12-1965
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1975 | Wong, George | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1979 | Tooker, Ed | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.