| Deposit ID | 10015803 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB02046 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Walker Tunnel |
| Related records | 10203359 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.01364, 41.25159 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2118 |
| Relative position | EAST SLOPE COPPER MTN, 1/4 MILE EAST OF GOVERNORS SPRING |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Box Elder |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 006N | 019W | 10 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| 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 |
| Result | 15.2 % PB, 6.1 % ZN, 0.3 % CU, 0.9 OZ/TON AU, AND 3.4 OZ/TON SILVER |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Guilmette Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Guilmette Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -114.01364, 41.25159 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1.22M |
|---|---|
| Length | 22.86M |
| Width | 7.62M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Lucin Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB02046 |
SRC.REF: UGMS FILES, SEVERAL CUTS ACROSS REMAINING ORE WTD AVG 4 SAMPLES
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD CO., 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY: SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, P. 82 .
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.
DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.
1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVE
DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LENGTH AND WIDTH INDICATE LARGEST ORE BODY, THERE ARE CLUSTERS IN THE MINE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1979 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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