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Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094743
MRDS ID DB01661
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.39501, 41.18798 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES WEST OF DESERT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miners Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006N 014W 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Dike
    Rock description Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.39501, 41.18798
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 53 DEG OVER SW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKE PARALLELS ONE QUARTZ VEIN, BUT IS UNMINERALIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newfoundland/Stone House Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VERY SMALL POTENTIAL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 6 SHORT ADITS 20 TO 75 FEET IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PADDOCK, R. E., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND MTNS., BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: M. S. THESIS, DEPT. GEOLOGY, UNIV. OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 OR 3 PARALLELING VEINS

Reporter information

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

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