East Canyon

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015801
MRDS ID DB02041
Record type Site
Current site name East Canyon
Related records 10178761

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.04003, 41.26242 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Relative position ON RIDGES ON BOTH SIDES OF EAST CANYON ALONG NEVADA STATE LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tecoma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pilot-Thousand Springs, Nevada, Utah(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 019W 04,05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG SECTION 4 AND 5 BOUNDARY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Marble Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Marbleization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Monzonite Porphyry
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Laketown Dolomite;Simonson Dolomite
    Rock description Laketown Dolomite;Simonson Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.04003, 41.26242

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEET-LIKE, STAINS ON FRACTURES
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • IGNEOUS UNITS CROPOUT MORE THAN 1 MILE TO SOUTH, NO IGNEOUS ROCKS CROP OUT IN AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lucin Mining District

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 100 FT. ADITS, 60 FT. ADIT, 15 FT. ADIT, 18 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT AND 6 SMALL PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLUE, D. M., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LUCIN MINING DISTRICT, BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH AND ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: UNIV. OF UTAH, MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOUTH AREA SHOWS GREATER CONTACT PHENOMENA, SCATTERED SMALL AREAS OF MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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