Egan Claim

Occurrence in Cache county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Iron, Barium-Barite
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094370
MRDS ID D006137
Record type Site
Current site name Egan Claim
Alternate or previous names Right Fork City Creek Claim
Related records 10130401

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.73524, 41.90076 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 3000 FT W OF SMITH SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Naomi Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(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)

Mount Naomi Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013N 002E 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Iron Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Siderite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Calcite Replacing Barite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Langston Formation
    Rock description Langston Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.73524, 41.90076

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris-Willard Thrust And Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 26 E
    Dip 32 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Normal Fault Striking N 20 W And Dipping 35 W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bear River Range

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVE FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • CHEPELLA (1976) DESCRIBED THE NEW COLLAPSED LOWER ADIT AS HAVING SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • LOWER ADIT CAVED, NO MINERALIZATION EXCEPT BARITE SEEN ON DUMP, UPPER ADIT OPEN, SPARSE MINERALIZATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    CHAPELLE, J.C., 1976, MINERALIZATION IN THE BEAR RIVER RANGE: M.S. THESIS UTAH STATE UNIV.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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