The Silver Dipper Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 9,177 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,177 Feet (2,797 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.55306, -111.62472
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Silver Dipper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Dipper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: American Fork District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SORTED ORE: 45 OZ AG, 40 % PB PER TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PROD - 1934; 1939 - 1940; 1943, 1963
Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS TOTALING 600 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, BS AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1916 , A RECON OF THE COTTONWOOD-AM FORK MINING REGION: USGS BULL 620
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, FC AND BUTLER, BS, 1943 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF COTTONWOOD-AM FORK AREA: USGS PROF PAPER 201 , P. 133
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1935, 1940, 1943, 1963
Reference (Deposit): 3A UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 79, 1966
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 05-12-1965
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