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South Mcginty Ridge

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094750
MRDS ID DB02021
Record type Site
Current site name South Mcginty Ridge
Related records 10276136

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.01197, 41.20492 (WGS84)
Elevation 2085
Relative position 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF MCGINTY RIDGE, EAST SLOPE OF PILOT RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patterson Pass(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER, SOUTH HALF

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Patterson Pass Stock
    Rock description Patterson Pass Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Guilmette Ls
    Rock description Guilmette Ls

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.01197, 41.20492
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD - LIKE, IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures In Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • 1000 - 1500 FT FROM STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lucin Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, ONE 3 FEET THE OTHER 10 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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

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