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Nowhere Knoll Gypsite

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088367
MRDS ID DB01909
Record type Site
Current site name Nowhere Knoll Gypsite
Related records 10300507

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22084, 41.18936 (WGS84)
Elevation 1291
Relative position BETWEEN NEWFOUNDLAND AND HOGUP MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Mountain 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 006N 012W 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result ABOUT 60% GYPSUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Qat Aeolian Deposit
    Rock description Qat Aeolian Deposit
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.22084, 41.18936
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dune Accumulations

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Great Salt Lake Desert

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: THIS REVIEW

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULLETIN

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ELONGATE DUNES OF GYPSUM SAND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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