The Dagmar Shaft is a copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,821 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,821 Feet (2,079 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.95861, -112.13639
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Dagmar Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dagmar Shaft
Secondary: North Western Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Main Tintic Mining 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Dagmar Nw Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Front
Type: L
Description: E-W Faults; Paxman Fault (N54e, Vertical); Fissure Zones No-20w; Beds Strike A Little East Of North, Dip 60-80 E
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SOME ORE ASSAYED SIX OZ. OF SILVER PER TON WITH A TRACE OF GOLD
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE 350 FT. SHAFT WITH CROSSCUTS AT 200 AND 350 FT LEVELS AND A WINZE ON THE 350 FT. LEVEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T. BULL. 1142-
Reference (Production): TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MTN.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L
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