Upper Box Elder Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Zinc, Silver, Lead
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094506
MRDS ID D008667
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Box Elder Canyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.71023, 40.47438 (WGS84)
Elevation 2902
Relative position 6800 FT S 35 W FROM THE SUMMIT OF BOX ELDER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timpanogos Cave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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)

Lone Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 002E 15 NW OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN UPPER BOX ELDER CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hemimorphite Ore

Analytical data

Result A DUMP SAMPLE FROM THE LOWEST WORKING ON THE NORTH SIDE .1 OZ/TON AG, .04% PB, 35.5 % ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Humbug
    Rock description Humbug

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.71023, 40.47438

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EAST
    Dip 45N
    Thickness 0.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HOST ROCK HAS BEEN COMPLEXLY FOLDED. MUCH OF THE LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE IS IRON STAINED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S., AND L.L. PATTEN, 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL 1491.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A. AND M.D. CRITTENDEN, JR., 1961, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TIMPANOGOS CAVE QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ-132

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE STRIKE OF THE ZONE PARALLELS THE BEDDING. THIS DESCRIPTION IS FOR THE ZONE FOUND IN THE ADIT ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Ripp, Bryce, T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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