The Corner Canyon Mine is a gold mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 6,680 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,680 Feet (2,036 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.85417, -113.53278
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Corner Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Corner Canyon Mine
Secondary: Little May Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Park Valley District
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FOUR SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.04 - 1.11 OZ/TON AU, 0.65 - 4.06 OZ/TON AG, 0.023 - 0.11 % CU, 1.09 - 8.4 % PB, 0.068 - 0.072 % ZN.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS AND A RAISE.
References
Reference (Deposit): PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 134.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-15-1963
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