Naildriver Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103841
MRDS ID M057618
Record type Site
Current site name Naildriver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.488, 40.61494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position ONE MILE NW OF BALD MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heber City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 27 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1902 SHIPPING ORE CONTAIN 150 OZ/TON SILVER AND 40 % PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.488, 40.61494

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 E
    Dip 45 - 85

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures Trending E-Ne

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park City District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 688 FT SHAFT, A 900 FT ADIT, AN INCLINE, AND DRIFT AND CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912 , GEOL & ORE DEPOSITS OF PARK CITY DIST: USGS PP 77 , P. 163 - 164

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S., BAKER, A.A., CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1970 , GEOL MAP OF HEBER QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 864

  • Production

    BOUTWELL, J.M. ( 1912 )

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references