The Vandergilt #5 Mines is a silver mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 3,320 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: 3,320 Feet (1,012 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.22306, -113.33306
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Vandergilt #5 Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vandergilt #5 Mines
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Harrisburg District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Marks, Herman (Family)
Production
Not available
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: St. George Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Virgin Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 17
References
Reference (Deposit): 1953 COMPILE UGMS BULLETIN 4
Reference (Production): PERRY, L. I., 1979
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1979
Reference (Deposit): PROCTOR, P. D., 1953 , GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY , BULL. 44
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