Tremolite Deposit

Occurrence in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Asbestos
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010373
MRDS ID D003990
Record type Site
Current site name Tremolite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.83636, 38.61829 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinnacle Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALS ARE SILICATES OF CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM, ( CA SIO3 AND MG SIO3 ).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tremolite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.83636, 38.61829

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL IS HIGH FOR MINING LOW-GRADE BUT MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF ASBESTOS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD & BURANEK ( 1942 ) TREMOLITE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH; ENTIRE ARTICLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Steven, T. A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.