The Silver Lake Ne Adits No.2 is a silver, lead, and copper mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 8,501 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: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.52694, -111.65750
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Silver Lake Ne Adits No.2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Lake Ne Adits No.2
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Bismuth
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Silver Lake District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: On South Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: EAST WORKINGS DUMP SAMPLE-.2 OZ./TON AG.
Analytical Data: NORTHWEST WORKINGS,DUMP SAMPLE-TRACE OF CU, MO, PB
Analytical Data: DUMP SAMPLE-TRACE AG, CU, MO, PB
Analytical Data: 9.15% PB
Analytical Data: RIGHT WALL-2.9 OZ./TON AG
Analytical Data: 48% PB
Analytical Data: SOUTH WORKING, LOWER ADIT RIGHT WALL-.7 OZ. /TON AG
Analytical Data: 2.2% PB
Analytical Data: .01% BI
Analytical Data: SOUTH WORKING, UPPER ADIT-1.7 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Workings): FOUR ADITS AND ONE TRENCH
Comment (Deposit): SOUTH WORKINGS, UPPER ADIT EXPLORES VEIN WITH STEEP NORTHWESTWARD DIP IN TINTIC QUARTZITE POSSIBLY SAME VEIN AS IN THE MILKMAID. EAST WORKINGS EXPLORE A QUARTZ VEIN FILLED FAULT ZONE.
References
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. 92-93.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
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