The Silver Mountain Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,039 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,039 Feet (2,755 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.62389, -111.67500
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Silver Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Mountain Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1884
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: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Alta Thrust Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMP SAMPLE (PPM): 575 AG, 1.12 AU, 1250 CU, 110000 PB, 14500 ZN, 150 AS, 17 CO, 14 NI
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION TOOK PLACE IN 1887 AND INTERMITTENTLY UP TO 1918
Comment (Development): MINE DISCOVERED IN LATE 1870S, WORKED AS PART OF THE CARBONATE MINE BY THE KESSLER MINING CO.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN IRREGULAR INCLINE, A TUNNEL AND STOPES BELOW THE TUNNEL, TOTAL EXTENT OF WORKINGS IS APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 201, P. 105.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 19798 GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, P. 59-60.
Reference (Production): UGMS BULLETIN 114 PG. 59-60
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