Borussia

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10021293
MRDS ID DC15601
Record type Site
Current site name Borussia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.623, 40.553 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 0.75 MI NORTH OF MILLER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003E 21 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.623, 40.553

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Borussia Fissure (N 65 E, 85 Nw)

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE TUNNELS, ALL CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, FC AND BUTLER, BS, 1945 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF COTTONWOOD-AM FORK AREA: USGS PROF PAPER 201 , P. 136

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-26-1958

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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