The Dipper Mine is a gold mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,341 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,341 Feet (1,628 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.58056, -111.79000
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Dipper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dipper Mine
Secondary: Clementine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Willow Area
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: Clementine Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Year Last Production: 1946
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: OTHER UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMP SAMPLE: .7 PPM AG, .02 PPM AU, 25 PPM CU, 1 PPM MO, 12 PPM PB, 36 PPM ZN, 18 PPM CO, 35 PPM NI, 2 PPM
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Production): ORE PRODUCED 1903, 1928, 1931, 1946; ONE LOT SHIPPED IN 1928 ASSAYED OVER 10 OZ./TON AU; SEVERAL LOTS SHIPPED IN 1931 ASSAYED OVER 1 OZ./TON AU
Comment (Deposit): THE ADIT FOLLOWS A CONTACT BETWEEN SERICITIC SCHIST AND AMPHIBOLITE, THE TUNNEL AND SHAFT INTERSECT A 14 FT QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Workings): 800 FT. ADIT AND A 100 FT. SHAFT BY 1926
References
Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 47.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-377.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 114, P. 47, FIGURE 9.
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