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Monument Point West

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011156
MRDS ID D005442
Record type Site
Current site name Monument Point West

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.85667, 41.7052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position 0.75 MILE WEST OF MONUMENT POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monument Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tremonton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Curlew Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011N 009W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh Formation (Wolfcamp);Talus
    Rock description Oquirrh Formation (Wolfcamp);Talus
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.85667, 41.7052
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET AND WEDGE
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 55 NW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Edge Of Cliff

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hansel Mtns.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Central Pacific Railroad ?

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.202HA
    Overall length 150M
    Overall width 13.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THIS REVIEW

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR COBBLES AND BOULDERS TO 15 INCHES IN DIAMETER; QUARTZITE OUTCROPS ARE EXTENSIVE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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

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