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Gold Sheen Quartzite

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098019
MRDS ID DB01938
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Sheen Quartzite
Related records 10251631

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.64503, 41.84185 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position HILL TOPS 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 MILES EAST OF DOVE CREEK PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynn Reservoir(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013N 016W 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Camb Quartzite Of Clarks Basin
    Rock description Camb Quartzite Of Clarks Basin

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.64503, 41.84185
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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 30 W
    Dip 21 DEG SW
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 164.59M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Rock Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 12.141HA
    Overall length 1609.3M
    Overall width 91.44M

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 - 67

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAY BE USED INTERMITTENTLY; INDIVIDUAL PIECES TO 6 FOOT IN LENGTH HAVE BEEN REMOVED, THICKNESS OF ROCK SHEETS 1 INCH TO 6 INCHES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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