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Labradorite Deposit

Occurrence in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087082
MRDS ID D004654
Record type Site
Current site name Labradorite Deposit
Related records 10275922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.71663, 39.14884 (WGS84)
Elevation 1405
Relative position ON SUNSTONE KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunstone Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(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 019S 008W 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Labradorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.71663, 39.14884
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Delta Graben

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANICS ARE POST BLOCK FAULTING, EXTRUDED ALONG FAULTS THAT BORDER DELTA GRABEN. VOLCANICS ARE PROBABLY OF BONNEVILLE AGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Delta Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 167.64M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN SHAFT (50 FT DEEP), SEVERAL DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UT. GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON-SITE STUDY

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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