George Creek Tungsten

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead
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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088339
MRDS ID DB01762
Record type Site
Current site name George Creek Tungsten
Related records 10251503

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.47058, 41.9238 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 2/3 MILE ENE OF GEORGE CREEK GAGING STATION & 1 3/4 MILES SSW OF ONE MILE GUARD STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Standrod(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raft(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 014N 014W 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result SELECT SAMPLE ASSAYED 24.62 PERCENT WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist Member Of Elba Quartzite
    Rock description Schist Mbr Of Elba Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.47058, 41.9238

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Raft River Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip STEEPLY NW
    Thickness 4.88M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yost

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 6.1M
    Overall length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • LONG CUT ALONG MTN FACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UGMS FILES

  • Deposit

    COMPTON, R. R., 1975 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARK VALLEY QUADRANGLE: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-873

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOLMAP COMPTON, MAP I-87

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEING DEVELOPED INTERMITTENTLY; 2 DIKES ARE MINERALIZED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.