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Keg Spring Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015831
MRDS ID DB02083
Record type Site
Current site name Keg Spring Canyon Prospect
Related records 10130416

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.75475, 41.58242 (WGS84)
Elevation 2045
Relative position HIGH IN KEG SPRING CANYON 3/4 MILE WEST OF GROUSE CREEK MTNS. CREST.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Pass Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(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)

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 010N 017W 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.75475, 41.58242
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH
    Dip WEST
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rosebud

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHORT ADITS 10 - 25 FT. IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. 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

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

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