Edison and Bird

Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Gemstone
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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020476
MRDS ID DC13329
Record type Site
Current site name Edison and Bird

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.8803, 41.40048 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucin NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern 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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008N 018W 23 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Variscite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.8803, 41.40048

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NODULES AND IRREGULAR MASSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lucin

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MIN. AND SCIENCE PRESS, AUG. 11, 1911, P. 233

  • Deposit

    PROCEEDINGS, U.S. NAT. MUS., VOL. 41, 1912, P. 413-430

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1911, P. 1074

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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