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Cedar Ridge Mining Co

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094822
MRDS ID DC13301
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Ridge Mining Co

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.4761, 41.25882 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pokes Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Promontory Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Curlew Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hemimorphite Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 20 - 52 % ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.4761, 41.25882
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Strata Cut By Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike NW
    Dip 30 - 40 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THERE ARE THREE LIME - SHALE CONTACTS, EACH OF THESE CONTACTS IS MINERALIZED WITH ZINC ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Promontory Point District

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS FOLLOWING THE CONTACT ZONES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROMONTORY POINT ZINC DEPOSITS: SALT LAKE MIN. REVIEW, V. 17 , NO. 18 , P. 96 - 97 , JAN. 15 , 1916

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V., OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL 1135 - B, P. B 37 , 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS WHERE FISSURES AND FRACTURES INTERSECT THE LIME-SHALE CONTACT
Deposit THE CLAIMS COVER AN AREA OF APPROX. 50 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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