The Rocky Pass Lead-Silver is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 6,230 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,230 Feet (1,899 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.5175, -113.74528
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Rocky Pass Lead-Silver MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rocky Pass Lead-Silver
Secondary: Emigrant Pass Mines
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
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
Owner Name: Rocky Pass Mining Co.
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: TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): INTERMITTENTLY SUBJECTED TO DEVELOPMENT WORK; FISSURES STRIKE NW, DIP STEEPLY NE AND SW. DEPOSIT 1000 FT FROM GRANODIORITE OR QTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIM. DIP VARIES 20 TO 60 DEG SW
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SMALL PROSPECT PITS; LOWER ADIT HAS 800 FT. OF WORKINGS, UPPER HAS 250 FT. OF WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
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