Gladstone

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088424
MRDS ID DB02045
Record type Site
Current site name Gladstone
Related records 10203442

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.01586, 41.2552 (WGS84)
Elevation 2280
Relative position ALONG RIDGE 1/4 MILE NORTH OF COPPER MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tecoma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pilot-Thousand Springs, Nevada, Utah(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006N 019W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS CENTER S 1/2 NW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hemimorphite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Analytical data

Result PB 7.6 %, AG 9.6 OZ/TON, ZN 4 %, CU 0.05

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.01586, 41.2552

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Copper Mountain Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, SHEET - LIKE
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 20 DEG E
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Favorable Horizons In Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lucin Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PERHAPS SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF PB - AG ORE PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PERHAPS A FEW 10S OF TONS REMAIN IN MINES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 7 ADITS 50 - 400 FT IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UGMS 3 FOOT CHANNEL SAMPLE

  • Deposit

    BLUE, D. M., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LUCIN MINING DISTRICT, BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH AND ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVE

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANY SCATTERED SMALL ORE BODIES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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