Skoro Mine

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015810
MRDS ID DB02058
Record type Site
Current site name Skoro Mine
Related records 10300388

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84504, 41.96241 (WGS84)
Elevation 2329
Relative position 2 1/4 MILES SOUTH OF GRANITE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cotton Thomas Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goose(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014N 017W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: CENTER S 1/2 S 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Porphyry
    Rock description Rhyolite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ord Sentinell Formation
    Rock description Ord Sentinell Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes, Fractures, Favorable Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ashbrook

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Skoro Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED - 3 OR MORE ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references