The Radio Road is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 5,466 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,466 Feet (1,666 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.31111, -114.01111
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Radio Road MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Radio Road
Commodity
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Lucin Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Pilot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pleistocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 359-383 LBS/3YD TOTAL BLACK SANDS, 78 TO 140 LBS ILMENITE AND 10-13.5 LBS ZIRCON/3YD
Materials
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): COVERS PARTS OF NW 1/4, NE 1/4 AND SE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): DEPTH UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL
Reference (Reserve-Resource): THIS REVIEW
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: UGMS FILES, 3 SAMPLES.
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