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Bender Mtn. Barite Deposit

Occurrence in Daggett county in Utah, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087311
MRDS ID D006235
Record type Site
Current site name Bender Mtn. Barite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.10571, 40.95134 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 1600 FT E OF VABM 8297

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Creek Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 025E 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NOT LOCATED IN FIELD, DATA FROM LITERATURE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.10571, 40.95134
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Length 5.49M
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1965
Discoverer W.R. Hansen

Mining district

District name Bender Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE AREA, UTAH, COLORADO, WYOMING: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PP 490

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT CO, UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 66.

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1961, GEOL. MAP OF DUTCH JOHN AND GOSLIN MTN. QUADRANGLES, UTAH-WYOMING: USGS MISC. GEOL MAP I-324

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP W.R. HANSEN, MAP I-32

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST, UT. GEOL AND MINER. SUR.

  • Reserve-Resource

    W.R. HANSEN, 1965, P. 185.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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