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Taylor Central

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015815
MRDS ID DB02064
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Central
Related records 10130030

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.75918, 41.11548 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position NORTH END OF CRATER ISLAND, 7 MILES NORTH OF DONNER REED PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crater Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005N 017W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 4 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE YIELDED 0.34 PERCENT WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Sheepwagon Stock
    Rock description Sheepwagon Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Garden City Limestone
    Rock description Garden City Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.75918, 41.11548
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N 68 DEG W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 18.29M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crater Island/Silver Island

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Taylor
    Home office Box 52 , Wendover Ut.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGEST PIT 75 FT. BY 75 FT., SEVERAL SHALLOW DIGGINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: DOELLING, IN PREPARATION

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.

  • Deposit

    SCHAEFFER, F. E., AND ANDERSON, W. L., 1960 , GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MOUNTAIN, BOX ELDER AND TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ELKO COUNTY, NEV.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. BULL. 15 .

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRADE AND DEGREE OF METAMORPHISM CHANGE IRREGULARLY ALONG CONTACT.

Reporter information

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

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