Utahlite Hill Variscite

Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Gemstone
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -113.90558, 41.40353 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Relative position 1.5 MILE SW OF GROUSE CREEK JUNCTION

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008N 018W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS E 1/2 E 1/2 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RING STONES, CABACHONS, BELT BUCKLES, PENDANTS, EAR-RINGS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Variscite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.90558, 41.40353

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 45 DEG E
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Chert Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lucin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 10S OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS VALUED BETWEEN $50,000 AND $100,000 AT TIME OF SALE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MUST BE BLASTED AND HAND COBBED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE MAJOR PIT, SEVERAL OTHER LEDGES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STERRET, 1911, VARISCITE NEAR LUCIN, UTAH: USGS MIN. RES. 1910, PT. 2, P. 894.

  • Deposit

    SEHALLER, W.T., 1912, THE CRYSTALLOGRAPHY OF VARISCITE: WASH. ACAD. SC. JOUR. 2, P. 143.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1911 RECON D.B. STERRET, MIN. RES. 1910 P.T. 2, P. 894

  • Deposit

    1912 RECON W.T. SCHALLER, BULLS, 509 & 610

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS

  • Production

    DOELLING, IN PREP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THIS REVIEW

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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