Silver Dipper Mine

The Silver Dipper Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 9,180 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Dipper Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
District: American Fork 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Year Last Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
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: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt

Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Fissures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE WAS HAND SORTED TO CONTAIN 45 OZ/TON AG AND 40% PB, AVERAGE 10-20 OZ/TON AG

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP IS UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Comment (Production): NO MENTION OF TONNAGE OF PRODUCTION, BUT HAND SORTED ORE SAID TO RUN 45 OZ/TON AG AND 40% PB

Comment (Development): ADIT LOCATED ON THIS QUADRANGLE IS THE MAIN OPENING FOR THE MINE. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION, HOWEVER PROBABLY CAME FROM THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS NORTHEAST STRIKING FISSURE VEIN WHICH RANGES FROM 1 TO 4 FT WIDE. MAIN GANGUE IS QUARTZ AND PYRITE WITH ONE PRODUCTIVE SHOOT OF GALENA ORE FOUND. ORE SHOOT CUT OFF BY FAULTS STRIKING S 80 W AND S 50 W.

Comment (Workings): ADIT DRIVEN SSW TO HIT NE-SW STRIKING VEIN. ADIT THEN TURNS SW TO FOLLOW VEIN. MOST PRODUCTION CAME FROM SW PORTION OF VEIN WHICH LIES WITHIN THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE. LENGTH OF WORKINGS ESTIMATED.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S

References

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.

Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP QG-534

Reference (Production): CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943

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