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Midway Tunnel

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094823
MRDS ID DC13352
Record type Site
Current site name Midway Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.85615, 41.97047 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195

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 014N 017W 06 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.85615, 41.97047
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Broad Spoon-Like Syncline Plunging At A Low Angle To The South.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ashbrook District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 472.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL IS DRIVEN THROUGH THE WARDLAW SHALE INTO THE VIPONT LIMESTONE.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAVING PROBLEMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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