Sentinell Group

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020484
MRDS ID DC13353
Record type Site
Current site name Sentinell Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84031, 41.96408 (WGS84)
Elevation 2335
Relative position SE 1/4

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)

Goose(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 017W 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 1500 FT. NE OF A-PORTAL OF THE VIPONT MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORES HAVE A HIGHER GOLD VALUES THAN THE ORES FROM THE VIPONT GROUP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.84031, 41.96408

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Broad Spoon-Like Syncline Plunging At A Low Angle To The South.

Ore body information

  • General form PATCHES AND POCKETS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HIGH GRADE OXIDIZED ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1922

Mining district

District name Ashbrook District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATCHES AND POCKETS ARE ALONG SMALL SLIPS AND CRENULATIONS IN THE LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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