Rocky Pass Lead-Silver

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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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: Rocky Pass Lead-Silver  

State:  Utah

County:  Box Elder

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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