Bog Iron Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102150
MRDS ID DC15589
Record type Site
Current site name Bog Iron Mine
Related records 10154896

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.61884, 40.55383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 0.75 MI NORTH OF MILLER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003E 16 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Specularite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.61884, 40.55383

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form IN OPEN VUGS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ACIDIC GROUNDWATER HAS CAUSED STALACTITES AND STALAGMITES OF LIMONITE TO FORM IN THE TUNNELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Comments on the production information

  • PROD - 1936 - 1938; 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, FC AND BUTLER, BS, 1943 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF COTTONWOOD-AM FORK AREA: USGS PROF PAPER 201 , P. 126

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941

  • Deposit

    BAKER, AA AND OTHERS, 1966 , GEOL MAP OF BRIGHTON QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 534

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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