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Jay Hawks

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020465
MRDS ID DC13302
Record type Site
Current site name Jay Hawks
Alternate or previous names Lead Hill East Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.45693, 41.25937 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pokes Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Promontory Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Curlew Valley(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 005W 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE UPPER END OF THE GULCH BETWEEN CEDAR RIDGE ON THE SOUTH AND THE CLARK LEASE ON THE LAKE VIEW TO THE NORTHWEST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hematite Gangue

Analytical data

Result $4 - $6/TON AU, 50 % PB AT SURFACE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.45693, 41.25937
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A STRONG OUTCROP OF SILICEOUS ORE CARRYING GRAY COPPER, GALENA AND BROMIDES OF SILVER LIES IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OF THE LEAD WITH THE GALENA SILVER CONTENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Promontory Point District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROMONTORY PT ZINC DEPOSITS: SALT LAKE MIN. REVIEW, V. 17 , NO. 18 , P 97 , JAN. 15 , 1916

  • Deposit

    SIEGFUSS, S. S., A RECON. OF THE PROMONTORY PT MINING DISTRICT: UNIV. OF UTAH BULL 15 , NO. 2 , P. 71 , 1925

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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