The Unknown is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 4,780 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: 4,780 Feet (1,457 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.095, -113.74889
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Unknown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Crater Island/Silver Island
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Crater Island
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: WEAKLY MINERALIZED
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE INCLINED SHAFT GREATER THAN 200 FT., TWO SMALL PITS ANOTHER INCLINED SHAFT 30 FT DEEP.
Comment (Location): SW NW
Comment (Deposit): 2 PARALLELING FISSURE VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III.
Reference (Deposit): SCHAEFFER, F.E., AND ANDERSON, W.L., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MOUNTAINS, BOX ELDER & TOOELE, COUNTIES, UTAH & ELKO CO., NEV.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. BULL. 15.
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): THIS REVIEW
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