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Charleston Creek Mines

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. 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 10015750
MRDS ID DB01929
Record type Site
Current site name Charleston Creek Mines
Related records 10251456

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.53836, 41.93019 (WGS84)
Elevation 1954
Relative position NEAR MOUTH OF CHARLESTON CREEK CANYON 2 MILES SOUTH OF YOST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yost(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)

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 014N 015W 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Camb Schist Of Mahogany Peaks;Camb Quartzite Of Clarks Basin
    Rock description Camb Schist Of Mahogany Peaks;Camb Quartzite Of Clarks Basin

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.53836, 41.93019
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 35 DEG NW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yost

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.92HA
    Length 365.76M
    Overall length 106.68M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMPTON, R. R., 1972 , GEOLOGY OF THE YOST QUAD.: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I - 672

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP COMPTON, MAP I 67

  • Production

    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

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