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Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015621
MRDS ID DB01662
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.37612, 41.19436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 3/4 MILE NW OF DESERT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miners Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006N 013W 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Adamellite
    Rock description Adamellite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Garden City Formation
    Rock description Garden City Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.37612, 41.19436

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG SE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newfoundland/Stone House Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert Alford

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PADDOCK, R. E., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND MTNS., BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: M. S. THESIS, DEPT. GEOLOGY, UNIV. OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT EXTENDS FOR AT LEAST A MILE ON WEST SIDE OF MOUNTAIN, BUT MINERALIZATION IS SPOTTY AND WEAK, OTHER SMALL DEPOSITS ARE SURE TO BE FOUND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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