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Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154248
MAS/MILS ID 0490030047
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.52696, 41.85571 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dennis Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 013 N 015 W 14 SWNENE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.52696, 41.85571

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 75E
    Thickness 0.5M
    Length 61M
    Width 30M
    Area 16HA
    Depth to top 45M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N45W:75E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park Valley

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 549M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 91
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    2nd Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MIN. RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER CO., UT. BY H.DOELLING, UGMS (UN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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