The Elsie Jane Drift is a lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 4,941 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,941 Feet (1,506 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 40.00083, -111.73250
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Elsie Jane Drift MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elsie Jane Drift
Secondary: Nelson Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Santaquin District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. E. Nelson
Production
Year: 1941
Time Period: -1941
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Workings): NORTH WORKING IS 600 FT ADIT, SOUTH WORKING IS 8 FT. ADIT IN COLLUVIUM
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Deposit): ORE CAME FROM CROSSCUT WHICH IS NOW COLLAPSED
References
Reference (Deposit): DEMARS, L.C., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF DRY MOUNTAIN, SOUTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 3, NO. 2.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.S., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 9, PT. 1.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
Reference (Production): DEMARS, L.C., 1956, P. 45
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