| Deposit ID | 10087193 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005429 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vipont Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Includes Lexington-Argenta Property |
| Related records | 10154661, 10227346 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.85226, 41.96435 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2256 |
| Relative position | 2 MILES SOUTH OF GRANITE PASS |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Box Elder |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 014N;014N | 018W;017W | 01;06 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tennantite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Rhodochrosite | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | OUT OF 63,710 TONS MINED IN 1922 |
|---|---|
| Result | 16.3 OZ/TON AG AND 0.046 OZ/TON AU |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Rhyolite Porphyry | ||||
| Rock description | Rhyolite Porphyry | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Vipont Limestone |
| Rock description | Vipont Limestone |
| (1) | Pilot Shale, Guilmette Formation, and Simonson and Sevy Dolomites |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Numerous Small Crenulations Roughly Radial To Syncline |
| General form | PATCHES AND POCKETS OF IRREGULAR FORM |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | SW |
| Plunge direction | SW |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Ashbrook Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Vipont Mining Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 1219.2M |
| Overall width | 457.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005429 |
SRC.REF: PETERSON, 1942
BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER III.
PETERSON, V.E., 1942, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ASHBROOK MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: ECON. GEOL. 37, P. 466-502.
DOELLING, H.H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN
1920 RECON B.S. BUTLER PROF. PAPER III
1942 GEOLMAP PETERSON, SOC. OF ECON GEOL. BULL.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOKS
THIS REVIEW
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MANY INTERCONNECTED ORE BODIES; SHALLOW SYNCLINE PLUNGING GRADUALLY SOUTHWEST; ORE BODIES ARE MOSTLY ON NE FLANK ORE BODIES EXTREMELY VARIABLE IN SIZE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1979 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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