Walker Tunnel

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Molybdenum, Copper, Gold
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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015803
MRDS ID DB02046
Record type Site
Current site name Walker Tunnel
Related records 10203359

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.01364, 41.25159 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position EAST SLOPE COPPER MTN, 1/4 MILE EAST OF GOVERNORS SPRING

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 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Analytical data

Result 15.2 % PB, 6.1 % ZN, 0.3 % CU, 0.9 OZ/TON AU, AND 3.4 OZ/TON SILVER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Guilmette Formation
    Rock description Guilmette Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.01364, 41.25159

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M
    Length 22.86M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lucin Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PERHAPS A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF RICH ORE PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PERHAPS A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE REMAIN IN MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE SEVERAL INACCESSIBLE STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UGMS FILES, SEVERAL CUTS ACROSS REMAINING ORE WTD AVG 4 SAMPLES

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD CO., 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY: SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, P. 82 .

  • 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 AND MINERAL SURVE

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENGTH AND WIDTH INDICATE LARGEST ORE BODY, THERE ARE CLUSTERS IN THE MINE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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