Fullmer-Bennett Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Kaolin
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011534
MRDS ID D006513
Record type Site
Current site name Fullmer-Bennett Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08221, 39.64438 (WGS84)
Elevation 1701
Relative position 1 1/2 MILE DIRECTLY W. OF BM 5213 IN SECTION 35

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Topaz Mountain East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013S 011W 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boehmite Ore
Sericite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Dugway Ridge Dolomite
    Rock description Dugway Ridge Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.08221, 39.64438

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N45E
    Dip 30NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • East-West Trending Transverse Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Detroit District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Don Fullmer And Carl Bennett

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 38.1M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SINGLE ADIT 125 FT LONG AND AN OPEN CUT 50 X 30 X 20 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    NEWELL, R.A., 1971, GEOL. & GEOCHEM. OF THE N. DRUM MTNS., JUAB CO., UT: COLORADO SCH. OF MINES, MS-THESIS

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, USGS MAP I-117

  • Production

    NEWELL, 1971, GEOLOGY-GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE DRUM MTNS: COL. SCH. OF MINES M.S. THESIS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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