The Sentinell Group is a silver and gold mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 7,661 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,661 Feet (2,335 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 41.96417, -113.83944
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Sentinell Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sentinell Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Ashbrook 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PATCHES AND POCKETS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Broad Spoon-Like Syncline Plunging At A Low Angle To The South.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Permian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): 1500 FT. NE OF A-PORTAL OF THE VIPONT MINE
Comment (Commodity): ORES HAVE A HIGHER GOLD VALUES THAN THE ORES FROM THE VIPONT GROUP.
Comment (Deposit): PATCHES AND POCKETS ARE ALONG SMALL SLIPS AND CRENULATIONS IN THE LIMESTONE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HIGH GRADE OXIDIZED ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON,VE, 1942, A STUDY OF THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSIT OF ?HE ASHBROOK SILVER MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: ECON GEOL, VOL. 37, NO. 6, P. 500
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-09-1971
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