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Brush Creek Mines

Past Producer in Uintah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088047
MRDS ID DB00292
Record type Site
Current site name Brush Creek Mines
Related records 10227985

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.58378, 40.69717 (WGS84)
Elevation 2493
Relative position 0.6 MILES SOUTH-EAST OF BULLIONVILLE SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dyer Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley 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 Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 021E 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC. 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Madison Limestone
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Local Faults And Joints

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Carbonate Dist.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 33.53M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS, ONE OF WHICH IS CAVED, THE OTHER ADIT IS 110 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY AND MCCARTHY, 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 22

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UTAH GEOL AND MIN. SURVEY 197

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT INFORMATION IS UNDETERMINABLE DUE TO CAVING OF ADIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Mccarthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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