The Milkmaid Mine is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 8,839 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,839 Feet (2,694 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.52222, -111.66944
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Milkmaid Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Milkmaid Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Silver Lake 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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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 Wasatch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 36% PB, 58 OZ. AG, TRACE AU
Materials
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): 13,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF PRODUCTION TO 1880; PRODUCTION IN 1902, 1903, 1953, 1954, 1956 AND 1958 TOTALING 61 TONS
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SMALL ADITS, SOME OBLITERATED. 535 FT. TOTAL FOR LENGTH OF WORKINGS WAS TO 1880.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
References
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-382, PG. 170, 160.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 284.
Reference (Production): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1981, P. 87
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. 87-88.
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