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Holton

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015659
MRDS ID DB01732
Record type Site
Current site name Holton
Related records 10203040

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.97942, 41.47715 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position 2,400 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A SPRING IN SE 1/4 SEC. 29 T 9 N, 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

Mantua(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Bear-Malad(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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009N 001W 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Caddy Canyon Quartzite
    Rock description Caddy Canyon Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.97942, 41.47715
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Range

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding & Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willard

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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