The Dillon Adit is a gold and copper mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 10,039 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,039 Feet (3,060 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.53111, -109.26472
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Dillon Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dillon Adit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
District: La Sal Mountains, Miners Basin
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: Utah International, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1896
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: La Sal Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Folding And Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Halite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SEC. 15 , UNSURVEYED; PROPERTY IS ON PATENTED CLAIM IN NATIONAL FOREST
Comment (Workings): MODERATE AMOUNT OF WATER ISSUING FROM MINE ADIT. ACCESS TO WORKINGS WAS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO LOCKED GATE AT ADIT ENTRANCE.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1958 COMPILE HUNT, C. B., PROFESSIONAL PAPER 294-I
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