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Vipont Mine

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154661
MRDS ID D005429
MAS/MILS ID 0490030499
Record type Site
Current site name Vipont Mine
Alternate or previous names Lexington, Argentena
Related records 10087193, 10227346

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.85227, 41.96431 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cotton Thomas Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goose(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 014 N 018 W 01 SENESW Utah

Commodities

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

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vipont Mining Co.
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTTLER,BS,1920,USGS PROF.PAPER 111

  • Deposit

    PETERSON,VE,1942,ECON.GEOL.37,P.466-502

  • Deposit

    DOELLING,HH,IN PREP.GEOL.AND MIN.RES.OF BOX ELDER CO,UGMS BL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-97 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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