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Peg-Leg Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020487
MRDS ID DC13361
Record type Site
Current site name Peg-Leg Mine
Alternate or previous names Idaho-Utah Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.8617, 41.9638 (WGS84)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015N 018W 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE IDAHO-UTAH BORDER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wardlaw Shale
    Rock description Wardlaw Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.8617, 41.9638
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form 2 NARROW BEDS OF ORE
    Thickness 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE LIMESTONE IS OVERLAIN UNCONFORMABLY BY A WEST DIPPING QUARTZITE AND UNDERLIES AN ORDOVICIAN BLACK CARBONACEOUS SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1938

Mining district

District name Ashbrook District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A TUNNEL 260 FEET LONG, OF WHICH 190 FEET IS IN IDAHO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNT, SF, VIPONT DISTRICT MINES AND PROSPECT: SALT LAKE MIN. REVIEW, VOL 23 , NO. 7 , JULY 15 , 1921 , P. 11 - 14

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1939, P. 471

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-18-1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 24 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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