Carbonate Hill Mine

Past Producer in Morgan county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011547
MRDS ID D006547
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonate Hill Mine
Related records 10275543

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.65607, 41.14715 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 2.25 MI. SW OF SULFUR SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morgan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durst Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Morgan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005N 003E 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Jarosite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Analytical data

Result 2.7 OZ. AG, 16.9% PB, 17.2% INSOL., 2.7% ZN .5% S, 33.4% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Limestone And Dolomite
    Rock description Limestone And Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.65607, 41.14715

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer A. Van Patten
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carbonate Hill Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY OFR-22.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S. PROF PA 11

  • Production

    BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER SURVEY OFR-22

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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