Spring Lake Adit

The Spring Lake Adit is a iron mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Spring Lake Adit

Commodity

Primary: Iron

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: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: J. Everett Nelson

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault

Type: L
Description: Crooked Canyon 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: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Development): WATER FROM DRIFT CURRENTLY USED BY ELMER MOWER FOR IRRIGATION

Comment (Workings): NORTH WORKING IS SPRING LAKE DRIFT, IT IS ABOUT 1000 FT. LONG AND STILL ACCESSIBLE EXCEPT FOR BEING FLOODED, THE WEST PROSPECT WAS NOT LOCATABLE, PERHAPS DUE TO SUBDIVISION CONSTRUCTION, THE SOUTH WORKING IS A COLLAPSED ADIT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT. LONG

References

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

Reference (Deposit): HALE, F. A., JR., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTAQUIN MINING DISTRICT: B.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF UTAH.

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. ILL.

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

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

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