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Johnson Creek Tunnel

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088378
MRDS ID DB01934
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Creek Tunnel
Related records 10130268

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.55864, 41.90491 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position IN JOHNSON CREEK CANYON 4 MILES SOUTH OF YOST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yost(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 014N 015W 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Schist Of Stevens Spring;Camb Quartzite Of Clarks Basin
    Rock description Schist Of Stevens Spring;Camb Quartzite Of Clarks Basin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.55864, 41.90491
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Raft River Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 15 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yost

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATORY ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMPTON, R. R., 1972 , GEOLOGY OF THE YOST QUAD.: 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

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