Unnamed Prospect

Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Tungsten, Bismuth
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020478
MRDS ID DC13337
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.69003, 41.57436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1759
Relative position BETWEEN EMMIGRANT WASH AND WILLOW WASH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Emigrant Pass(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 009N;010N 016W;016W Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE: PEA SIZE TO LESS THAN AN INCH.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1.5-2.0% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.69003, 41.57436

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form JOINTS AND FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1917

Mining district

District name Rosebud District

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW HUNDRED TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LARSEN,ES, & HESS,FL, 1922, CONTACT METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL 725, P.307-308

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.