George Peak Shaft

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088376
MRDS ID DB01930
Record type Site
Current site name George Peak Shaft
Related records 10178759

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.50864, 41.8738 (WGS84)
Elevation 2566
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SW OF GEORGE PEAK AT HEAD OF CENTURY HOLLOW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dennis Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raft(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013N 015W 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.50864, 41.8738

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park Valley

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 8 FT X 8 FT X 20 FEET DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMPTON, R. R., 1972 , GEOL. MAP OF THE YOST QUADRANGLE: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I - 672

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP COMPTON, MAP I 67

  • Production

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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