Ogden Boilermakers Claim

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020472
MRDS ID DC13322
Record type Site
Current site name Ogden Boilermakers Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.95913, 41.42826 (WGS84)
Elevation 2426

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weber(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mantua(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Bear-Malad(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008N 001W 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.95913, 41.42826

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE UPPER ALGONKIAN QUARTZITE IS CUT ON THE SURFACE BY A VEIN OF WHITE QUARTZ WHICH CONTAINS SCATTERED GRANULAR BUNCHES OF GALENA AND A LITTLE TETRAHEDRITE AND IS STAINED WITH MALACHITE AND AZURITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willard District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1200 FT TUNNEL FAILED TO INTERSECT VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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