Deer Trail Mine

Site Name

Primary: Deer Trail Mine

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Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Cadmium

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Location

State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Mount Baldy District

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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.

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Holdings

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

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Workings

Type: Underground

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Ownership

Owner Name: Deer Trail Development Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1981

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Production

Year: 1979
Description: Ore Production In 1979: 7,507 Short Tons
Year: 1978
Description: Ore Production In 1978: 3,480 Short Tons
Year: 1977
Description: Ore Production In 1977: 8,069 Short Tons

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Shrinkage Methods
Milling Method: Flotation
Discovery Year: 1878
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: L

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Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah

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Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

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Orebody

Not available

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Not available

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Rocks

Not available

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Dickite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Montmorillonite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Bornite

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Comments

Comment (Location): THE COORDINATES GIVEN IN MILS ARE THE ONES FOR THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEW DEER TRAIL MINE (LOCATED SOUTHEAST AND AT LOWER ELEVATION THAN THE OLD MINE ENTRANCE). INFORMATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND EXPLORATION DATA SETS ARE SPECULATIVE. THIS DATA COMES FROM THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY (UGMS).

Comment (Geology): ALTHOUGH THE ORE IS KNOWN TO CONTAIN CADMIUM, THE GRADE OF THIS COMMODITY IS UNKNOWN.

Comment (Ownership): IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY MAY CHANGE IN SUCH A WAY THAT PHELPS DODGE ACQUIRES 51-PERCENT INTEREST HOWEVER, THE PHELPS DODGE PARTICIPATION WAS NOT ASSUMED IN THIS EVALUATION.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): QUANTITY MATRIX 1 COMES FROM THE VARIOUS INFORMATION SOURCES FIRST, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY (UGMS) OPEN FILE REPORT NO. 22, 1976, P. 260. SECOND, WESTERN-EXPLORATION-OFFICE, PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION PERSONNEL. THIRD, UGMS BULLETIN 102, 1973, P. 46. FOURTH, DEER TRAIL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CONSULTANT. THE FIRST REFERENCE GAVE RESERVES AS OF 1976. THE SECOND SUPPLIED PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR 1977,1978, AND 1979. THE THIRD GAVE ORE GRADES. FINALLY, THE FOURTH REFERENCE SUPPLIED THE PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE. THIS EVALUATION WAS DONE ON THE BASIS OF SPECULATIVE RESERVES (50-PERCENT MAS-PROBABILITY). AS OF JANUARY 1980 THERE ARE NO RESERVES AT HIGHER MAS-PROBABILITIES.

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References

Reference (Deposit): CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBOOK.

Reference (Deposit): SURVEY, BULLETIN 102, JUNE 1973, PP. 45-46.

Reference (Deposit): UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA. UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): CALAGHAN, E. MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): F. AMARO, USBM-IFOC, JUNE 23, 1981.

Reference (Deposit): PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION., PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH

Reference (Deposit): ARNOLD, C.F. SENIOR STAFF GEOLOGIST,WESTERN EXPLORATION,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PERRY, L.J. AND B.M. MCCARTHY. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINE. UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY. SPECIAL STUDIES

Reference (Deposit): STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT

Reference (Reserve-Resource): UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA. UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.J. AND B.M. MCCARTHY. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976,

Reference (Deposit): 1981.

Reference (Deposit): PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH F. AMARO, USBM-IFOC, JUNE 23,

Reference (Deposit): JUNE 30, 1979, PP. 1-5.

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES GRANT NO. GO 264006, 1976, PP. 258-261.

Reference (Deposit): ONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION). USGM OPEN-FILE REPORT 22, U.S.

Reference (Deposit): DEER TRAIL MINE. UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY (EC-

Reference (Deposit): JUNE 30, 1978, PP. 1-7.

Reference (Deposit): DEER TRAIL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 10-K FORM REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): JUNE 30, 1977, PP. 1-6.

Reference (Deposit): DEER TRAIL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 10-K FORM REPORT,

Reference (Deposit): NO. J02555026. REVISED EDITION, JUNE 1979, 374 PP.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 44, JULY 1973, PP. 43-44.

Reference (Deposit): KENNEDY, R.R. DEER-TRAIL-DEVELOPMENT-CORPORATION CONSULTANT.

Reference (Deposit): MINE. UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY. SPECIAL STUDIES

Reference (Deposit): JUNE 30, 1980, PP. 1-5.

Reference (Deposit): JAMES, A. H. LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH, DEER TRAIL

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