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Miller

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251777
MAS/MILS ID 0490490028
Record type Site
Current site name Miller
Alternate or previous names Wyoming

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.62138, 40.54664 (WGS84)
Elevation 2940
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003 S 003 E 21 SENWNW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Wad Unknown
Wulfenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.62138, 40.54664
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 40N
    Thickness 2M
    Length 300M
    Width 50M
    Area 30HA
    Depth to top 75M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N80E:40N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1871

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government
    Interest 100
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 900M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 170
    Number of Adits 8
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    P.P. 201 COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH BY U.S.G.S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey U.S. Bureau of Mines

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