The Mogul Mine is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 7,451 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: 7,451 Feet (2,271 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.59722, -113.75056
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Mogul Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mogul Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Rosebud
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
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: Grouse Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A SMALL QUANTITY OF ORE, LESS THAN 2 TONS OF LOW GRADE, REMAINS IN MINE
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4
Comment (Production): PERHAPS A TEST LOT WAS SHIPPED IN EARLY DAYS.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, ONE COLLAPSED AND AT LEAST 2 SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III.
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON B. S. BUTLER, PROF. PAPER II
Reference (Production): BUTLER, B. S., 1920 , USGS PROF. PAPER III
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
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