The Little Valley No. 2 Adit is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.26972, -112.46444
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Little Valley No. 2 Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Valley No. 2 Adit
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Promontory Point 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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
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
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Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN THE LIMESTONE-SHALE CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FOOT ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): PROMONTORY PT. ZINC DEPOSITS: SALT LAKE MIN. REVIEW, VOL 17 , NO. 18 , P. 97 , JAN 15 , 1916
Reference (Deposit): SIEGFUSS, S. S., A RECON. OF THE PROMONTORY PT. MINING DISTRICT: UTAH, UNIV. BULL. 15 , NO. 2 , P 71 , 1925
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