The Dyer Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 9,829 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,829 Feet (2,996 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.73556, -109.56750
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Dyer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dyer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
District: Carbonate 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/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1897
Discovery Year: 1887
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: Uinta Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Uplift
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SEC. 16
Comment (Workings): UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE CAVED OR IN UNSTABLE GROUND AND WERE NOT ENTERED
References
Reference (Deposit): PRUITT, R.G., 1961 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH CO.: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 71
Reference (Deposit): UNTERMAN, E., 1921 , OLD "DYER MINE" REGION GEOLOGICALLY DESCRIBED: SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, VOL. 22 , NO. 23 , MARCH 15 , 1921
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 111 , P. 599 - 606
Reference (Deposit): 1920 COMPILE BUTLER, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH
Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON UTAH GEOL AND MIN. SURVEY, MIN. RESOURCES OF UINTAH CO.
Reference (Production): MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977
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