Dry Lake Antimony

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088336
MRDS ID DB01755
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Lake Antimony
Related records 10299979

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.00859, 41.56493 (WGS84)
Elevation 1689
Relative position 8000 FEET EAST NORTH EAST OF NORTH LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tremonton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Bear-Malad(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010N 002W 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Stibnite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Geertsen Canyon Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Range

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing & Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Box Elder

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVE

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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