The Dixon Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,925 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,925 Feet (1,806 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.5425, -112.15028
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Dixon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dixon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham 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
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fracture Zone (N15e, 25; 30nw), Folds And Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Sericitization, Limonitization, And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IN THE NE: 15% PB, 2-4 OZ/TON AG, TRACE AU
Analytical Data: HEAD OF THE "BIG STOPE": 3-4 OZ/TON AU, 100-200 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Selenite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES CLOSE TO MIDAS THRUST FAULT AND OTHER CROSS-FAULTED ZONES. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES IN ALTERED AND DEFORMED HOSTROCKS
Comment (Workings): 250 FT INCLINE AND 1,000 FT OF DRIFTS STRIKING NORTHEASTWARD AND SOUTHWESTWARD AT SEVERAL LEVELS; THE ORE OCCURS IN DOUBLE CONVEX LENSES WHICH LIE IN THE FISSURE IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE HANGING WALL AND UPON A BENCH FORMED BY THE LOCAL FLATTENING OF THE FISSURE SMALLER LENSES OF ORE UNDER LIE THESE MAJOR BODIES.
Comment (Geology): THE COUNTRY ROCK IS A MASSIVE AND SOFT, CARBONACEOUS AND CALCAREOUS SHALE ABOUT 100 FT THICK, ASSOCIATED WITH LIMESTONES AND QUARTZITES, AS OCCASIONAL BANDS
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
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