Silver Dollar Mine Prospect

The Silver Dollar Mine Prospect is a mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,824 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Dollar Mine Prospect
Secondary: Eureka Deluxe
Secondary: Deluxe

Commodity

Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
District: North Tintic Mining 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/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 11 PERCENT LEAD, 1.8 OZ./TON AG, .04 OZ./TON AU, SOME COPPER

Materials

Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): ADIT IS MAIN WORKING, 1200 FT LONG, SHAFT HAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. OF WORKINGS, THE THREE PROSPECTS ARE PITS CUT INTO JOINTED, IRON STAINED LIMESTONE

Comment (Location): NE NE OF NW

References

Reference (Deposit): FOSTER, J.M., 1959, GEOL. OF THE BISMARK PEAK AREA: M.S. THESIS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV.

Reference (Deposit): 1961 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E., GQ-14

Reference (Production): FOSTER, J.M., 1959, GEOL. OF THE BISMARK PEAK AREA: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY M.S. THESIS

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: FOSTER, J.M., 1959, GEOL. OF THE BISMARK PEAK AREA: BYU M.S. THESIS

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 12.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PA. 107.

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

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