Red Eagle and Morgan Consolidated

Occurrence in Morgan county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041755
MRDS ID M057515
Record type Site
Current site name Red Eagle and Morgan Consolidated

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.67107, 41.063 (WGS84)
Elevation 1725
Relative position 1 MI N. OF MORGAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morgan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Morgan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result OXIDIZED ORE IS ESTIMATED AT $50 A TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.67107, 41.063

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE VEIN CONSISTS OF CRUSHED FRAGMENTS OF IMPURE LIMESTONE AND SHALE CEMENTED BY INCONSPICOUS QUARTZ AND BY CALCITE WHICH CONTAINS SMALL THICKLY SCATTERED PYRITE CRYSTALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morgan District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S. AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PA 111 , 1920 , P 219 - 220

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.