Smith Creek Claim

Occurrence in Cache county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011368
MRDS ID D006154
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Creek Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.76358, 41.45632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1939
Relative position 13500 NE OF MIDDLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

James Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(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 Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008N 002E 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.76358, 41.45632

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposit On Axis Of Bear River Range Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bear River Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT PIT AND SHORT ADIT COLLAPSED AT PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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