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Morgan Chief Mine

Past Producer in Morgan county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087395
MRDS ID D006549
Record type Site
Current site name Morgan Chief Mine
Related records 10155341

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.66246, 41.17549 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Relative position 2.15 MI. E. OF SULFUR SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morgan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durst Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Morgan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005N 002E 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestones And Dolomites
    Rock description Limestones And Dolomites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.66246, 41.17549
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Argenta

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dale Bowman

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, OFR 2

  • Production

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY: OFR-221

  • Reserve-Resource

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC, IN UTAH: UTAH GEO. AND MINER. SURV. OFR-22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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