Hodge's Canyon

Occurrence in Rich county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Barium-Barite, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  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 10087282
MRDS ID D006109
Record type Site
Current site name Hodge's Canyon
Alternate or previous names Lead Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.45052, 41.9166 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position 7000 FT SE OF BEAR LAKE SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rich(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014N 004E 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Langston Formation
    Rock description Langston Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.45052, 41.9166

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Willard And Woodruff Thrusts

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N23E
    Dip 10 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Vertical Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bear Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • THE TUNNEL DISCUSSED BY CHAPELLE, 1976 WAS NOT LOCATED, ONLY FOUR OF THE PROSPECT PITS WERE FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B T, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    CHAPELLE, J C, 1976, MINERALIZATION IN THE BEAR RIVER RANGE, UTAH-IDAHO: M S THESIS, UTAH STATE.

  • Production

    TRIPP, B T, 1980, ON SITE INVEST: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CHAPELLE, J C, 1976.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERTICAL VEINS STRIKE N30E TO N AND N25 TO 60W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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