| Deposit ID | 10011122 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005366 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Utahlite Hill Variscite |
| Alternate or previous names | Lucin Variscite |
| Related records | 10227223 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.90558, 41.40353 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1512 |
| Relative position | 1.5 MILE SW OF GROUSE CREEK JUNCTION |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Box Elder |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 008N | 018W | 21 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gemstone | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Variscite | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert |
| Rock unit name | Rex Chert |
| Rock description | Rex Chert |
| (1) | -113.90558, 41.40353 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR TO IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH |
| Dip | 45 DEG E |
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 121.92M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Lucin |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 91.44M |
| Overall width | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005366 |
STERRET, 1911, VARISCITE NEAR LUCIN, UTAH: USGS MIN. RES. 1910, PT. 2, P. 894.
SEHALLER, W.T., 1912, THE CRYSTALLOGRAPHY OF VARISCITE: WASH. ACAD. SC. JOUR. 2, P. 143.
DOELLING, H.H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.
1911 RECON D.B. STERRET, MIN. RES. 1910 P.T. 2, P. 894
1912 RECON W.T. SCHALLER, BULLS, 509 & 610
1973 RECON UGMS
DOELLING, IN PREP.
THIS REVIEW
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1979 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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