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Wasatch Iron and Gold Mining Co.

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154663
MRDS ID DC13326
MAS/MILS ID 0490030021
Record type Site
Current site name Wasatch Iron and Gold Mining Co.
Related records 10108673

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.02161, 41.42523 (WGS84)
Elevation 1680
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Promontory Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008 N 002 E 13 S2 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.02161, 41.42523
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30M
    Length 50M
    Width 6M
    Area 38HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N90E:
    Total Surface Area (HA) 38
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Willard

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bern Enterprises, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method STRIP-HILLSIDE
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 2
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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