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Tom Sherry Mines

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015807
MRDS ID DB02055
Record type Site
Current site name Tom Sherry Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.81004, 41.89019 (WGS84)
Elevation 2036
Relative position 4 MILES SE OF TWIN PEAKS IN TOM SHERRY CANYON NORTH OF COTTON THOMAS BASIN ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cotton Thomas Basin(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;013N 017W;017W 33;04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: E 1/2 SW OF SEC. 33 , NESW OF SEC. 4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY FOR LEAD-SILVER-ZINC

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.81004, 41.89019
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures - Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vipont Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grouse Creek Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS, ONE AT LEAST 150 FT. IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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