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Silver Eagle

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015658
MRDS ID DB01731
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Eagle
Related records 10202689

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.94358, 41.47854 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Relative position 4,000 FEET SOUTHWEST OF MAPLE SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mantua(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Bear-Malad(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009N 001W 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lite-Langston Limestone Undifferented
    Rock description Lite-Langston Limestone Undifferented
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.94358, 41.47854
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Mts

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willard

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT AND WINZE CONNECTING WITH 2 LOWER LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURANEK, A. M., 1942 , INITIAL REPORT ON THE SILVER EAGLE MINE, MANTUA, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERALOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVE

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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