The Naildriver Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Summit county, Utah at an elevation of 8,320 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,320 Feet (2,536 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.615, -111.48722
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Naildriver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Naildriver Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Summit
District: Park City 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: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Arch
Type: L
Description: Park City Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marmarization
Rocks
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Zincite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE TUNNEL ABOUT 1800 FT. LONG (NORTH WORKING) WITH DRIFTING DONE FROM MAIN LEVEL AND A FEW SUB LEVELS; A 688 FT. DEEP SHAFT JOINS THE TUNNEL AT THE SHAFTS 400 FT. LEVEL.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BY JACK CREEN, CONSOLIDATED INTO NAILDRIVER MINING CO. WITH PARTIAL OWNERSHIP AND MINING ASSISTANCE BY THE ONTARIO CO.
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURRED IN BUNCHES AND BROKEN BANDS
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 77, P. 163-164.
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S., AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HEBER QUADRANGLE, WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-864.
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