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South Shaft

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015798
MRDS ID DB02033
Record type Site
Current site name South Shaft
Related records 10178305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02337, 41.42074 (WGS84)
Elevation 1599
Relative position 10,000 FT. SOUTH OF JACKSON TRIANGULATION POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008N 019W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.02337, 41.42074
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Or Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tecoma Or Jackson Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 8 FEET DEEP AND 4 FT. SQUARE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY ALONG FAULT CONTACT.

Reporter information

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

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