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Wildcat Creek Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094748
MRDS ID DB01927
Record type Site
Current site name Wildcat Creek Prospects
Related records 10275955

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.61169, 41.90797 (WGS84)
Elevation 1914
Relative position IN WILDCAT CREEK CANYON, 5.1 MILES SW OF YOST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yost(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 015W 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Z Schist Of Stevens Narrows
    Rock description Z Schist Of Stevens Narrows
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.61169, 41.90797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

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 Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT CAVED ESTIMATED AT 50 FT. OF WORKINGS ALSO 8 FOOT PIT OR SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMPTON, R. R. , 1972 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE YOST QUADRANGLE, BOX ELDER CO., UTAH, AND CASSIA CO., IDAHO: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I - 672

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP COMPTON, MAP I - 67

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL MINERALIZED VEINS

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.

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