Napoleon-Magera

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011133
MRDS ID D005392
Record type Site
Current site name Napoleon-Magera

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.9933, 41.36771 (WGS84)
Elevation 1884
Relative position 10,600 FEET NORTH NORTHWEST OF RESERVOIR IN SEC. 17 T 7 NORTH, R 1 W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Ogden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007N 001W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Farmington Canyon Complex
    Rock description Farmington Canyon Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.9933, 41.36771

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 90 E
    Dip 65 DEG N
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 609.6M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Madre

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 ADIT & 3 PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INVENTORY OF BOX ELDER COUNTY: UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 111 P. 224

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVE

  • Production

    L. I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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