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Black Hills Quartzite

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088380
MRDS ID DB01939
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hills Quartzite
Related records 10275921

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.52947, 41.83769 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935
Relative position 1 MILE ESE OF BLACK HILLS SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dennis Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(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

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013N 015W 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Elba Quartzite
    Rock description Elba Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.52947, 41.83769
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Raft River Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Strike N 75 W
    Dip 31 DEG SE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park Valley

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 48.77M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • HILLSIDE QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMPTON, R. R., 1972 , GEOLOGY OF THE YOST QUAD.: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I - 672

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP COMPTON, MAP I - 67

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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