The Water Canyon Prospect is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 5,561 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: 5,561 Feet (1,695 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.98778, -113.28833
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Water Canyon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Water Canyon Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Clear Creek
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Raft River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Raft River Uplift
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): MARBLEIZED LIMESTONE WITH CONSIDERABLE GOSSAN
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): COMPTON, R. R., 1975 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARK VALLEY QUADRANGLE: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-873
Reference (Deposit): 1975 GEOLMAP COMPTON, MAP I-87
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