The El Dorado Mine is a silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.00139, -111.72972
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El Dorado Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: El Dorado Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
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
Not available
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: -1956
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
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 Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION FROM DEMARS, L.C., 1956, TABLE NO. 2 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Workings): ONE DRIFT
References
Reference (Deposit): HALE, F.A., JR., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTAQUIN MINING DISTRICT: B.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): DEMARS, L.C., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF DRY MTN., SOUTHERN WASATCH MTNS., UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 3, NO. 2.
Reference (Production): DEMARS, L.C., 1956, TABLE NO. 2.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111.
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, D.J., 1956, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE WEST LOAFER MOUNTAIN-UPPER PAYSON CANYON AREA, UTAH CO., UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 3, NO. 4.
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