Elsie Jane Drift

The Elsie Jane Drift is a lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 4,941 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Elsie Jane Drift
Secondary: Nelson Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Santaquin 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: J. E. Nelson

Production

Year: 1941
Time Period: -1941

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Workings): NORTH WORKING IS 600 FT ADIT, SOUTH WORKING IS 8 FT. ADIT IN COLLUVIUM

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Comment (Deposit): ORE CAME FROM CROSSCUT WHICH IS NOW COLLAPSED

References

Reference (Deposit): DEMARS, L.C., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF DRY MOUNTAIN, SOUTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 3, NO. 2.

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.S., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 9, PT. 1.

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

Reference (Production): DEMARS, L.C., 1956, P. 45

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