Carbonate Gem

Past Producer in Morgan county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Iron
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101666
MRDS ID D006550
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonate Gem
Related records 10179068

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.65635, 41.15521 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 2.1 MILES SE OF SULFUR SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morgan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durst Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Morgan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005N 002E 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Jarosite Ore
Limonite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.65635, 41.15521

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Durst Thrust And Spring Branch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer A. Van Patten

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Perry, Walt
  • Type Owner
    Owner Carbonate Gem Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 792.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY OFR-22.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S. PROF. PA. 111

  • Reserve-Resource

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. OFR-22.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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