Peg-Leg Mine

The Peg-Leg Mine is a silver mine located in Box Elder county, Utah.

About the MRDS Data:

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:

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 41.96389, -113.86083

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Peg-Leg Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Peg-Leg Mine
Secondary: Idaho-Utah Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver


Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Ashbrook District


Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: 2 NARROW BEDS OF ORE


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A TUNNEL 260 FEET LONG, OF WHICH 190 FEET IS IN IDAHO.

Comment (Deposit): 24 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): AT THE IDAHO-UTAH BORDER.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE LIMESTONE IS OVERLAIN UNCONFORMABLY BY A WEST DIPPING QUARTZITE AND UNDERLIES AN ORDOVICIAN BLACK CARBONACEOUS SHALE.


References

Reference (Deposit): HUNT, SF, VIPONT DISTRICT MINES AND PROSPECT: SALT LAKE MIN. REVIEW, VOL 23 , NO. 7 , JULY 15 , 1921 , P. 11 - 14

Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1939, P. 471

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-18-1958


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