The Nebraska Hill East Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 8,442 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,442 Feet (2,573 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.51444, -111.66444
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Nebraska Hill East Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nebraska Hill East Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Silver Lake District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Year: 1880
Time Period: 0000-1880
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^30 Oz./Ton Ag, 35% Pb
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: On South Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Alta Thrust Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LOWER ADIT CHIP SAMPLE: TRACE CU
Analytical Data: LOWER ADIT, CHIP SAMPLE NORTH WALL: TRACE CV
Analytical Data: UPPER ADIT DUMP SAMPLE: .1 OZ./TON AG, .01% BI, .02% MO
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURE IS FOR NEBRASKA HILL SOUTH AND EAST WORKINGS
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS, UPPER ONE IS CAVED 25 FT. FROM PORTAL
References
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1491, P. 86-87.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 284.
Reference (Production): BUTLER, B.S., ET-AL., 1920, P. 284.
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