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Twin Canyon Prospects

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015673
MRDS ID DB01765
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Canyon Prospects
Related records 10154586

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4953, 41.92269 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position IN TWIN AND BIG HOLLOW CANYONS, 4 - 5 MILES NW OF ROSETTE AND 1 3/4 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Standrod(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raft(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 013N 014W 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Unknown

Analytical data

Result SELECT DUMP SAMPLES YIELDED TRACE OF GOLD, 0.5 OZ SILVER, 1.4 PERCENT LEAD, 1.2 PERCENT ZINC, AND NO COPPER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Adamellite Gneiss
    Rock description Adamellite Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Older Schist
    Rock description Older Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.4953, 41.92269
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Raft River Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL INACCESSIBLE CAVED ADITS AND DUMPS (AT LEAST 3 ADITS)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UGMS FILES

  • Deposit

    COMPTON, R. R., 1975 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARK VALLEY QUADRANGLE: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-873

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOLMAP COMPTON MAP I-87

  • Reserve-Resource

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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