Peg Leg Mine

The Peg Leg Mine is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 6,280 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

Name: Peg Leg Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Box Elder

Elevation: 6,280 Feet (1,914 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 41.98167, -113.87944

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Peg Leg Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Peg Leg Mine


Commodity

Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Ashbrook Mining 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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Physiographic Detail: Vipont Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NONE IN MINE

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Comment (Deposit): DIP VARIES 9 TO 15 DEG. S


References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., IN PREP., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN

Reference (Deposit): 1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVE


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