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Utah Silver Mining Co.

Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Iron, Gold, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020131
MRDS ID DC12624
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Silver Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.39001, 41.1802 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miners Basin(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 004N 014W Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE, NEAR THE SADDLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Iron Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ANALYSIS IS FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE WEBER QUARTZITE ALONG THE COURSE OF THE SLATE-QUARTZITE BEDS.

Alteration

  • (Local) The Limestone Adjacent To The Vein Has Been Marbelized Or Crystallized; From A Black Carboniferous Body Into A Dolomite. The Slate And Quartzite Show Effects Of The Heat And Gases Cause By The Intrusion Of The Dykes And Veins.

Analytical data

Result 10 - 15 % FE, 15 - 50 % PB, 30 - 200 OZ/TON AG, 1/2 - 10 PENNY WEIGHTS/TON AU, 1 - 15 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.39001, 41.1802
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ABUNDANT FOSSILS IN COUNTRY ROCKS THAT ARE NOT ALTERED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1920'S

Mining district

District name Newfoundland District

Comments on the production information

  • $75,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SALT LAKE MIN. RES., VOL. 26, NO. 4, P. 19-22, 1924

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE TWO SYSTEMS OF VEINS ONE FROM EAST TO WEST, THE OTHER FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
Deposit UNDERGROUND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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