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Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087175
MRDS ID D005384
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.74974, 41.09492 (WGS84)
Elevation 1457
Relative position 5 1/2 MILES NNE 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 East(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 017W 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW NW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Analytical data

Result WEAKLY MINERALIZED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Nounan And St. Charles Formations
    Rock description Nounan And St. Charles Formations
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 60 DEG NE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crater Island/Silver Island

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE INCLINED SHAFT GREATER THAN 200 FT., TWO SMALL PITS ANOTHER INCLINED SHAFT 30 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    THIS REVIEW

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLELING FISSURE VEINS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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