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White Queen, White Cloud, White Dragon, Onyx Queen

Occurrence in Juab 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011357
MRDS ID D006135
Record type Site
Current site name White Queen, White Cloud, White Dragon, Onyx Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.65611, 39.64216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position MIDDLE RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hole-in-the-Wall Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013S;014S 014W;015W;016W 17,08,33,09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 17 T14S R15W (WHITE QUEEN) NE 1/4 8 14S 15W (WHITE CLOUD) SW, NW 33 13S 16W (WHITE DRAGON) SE 1/4 9 14S 16N (ONYX QUEEN)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aragonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Is Bleached White

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Guilmette Formation
    Rock description Guilmette Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.65611, 39.64216
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range, Regional Western Dip.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Folds & Faults

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 10 NW
    Thickness 109.73M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 54.86M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 109.73M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Controled By Jointing. Contact Is Sharp

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Discoverer White Valley Mining Co.

Mining district

District name Middle Range Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner White Valley Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPERIMENTAL QUARRYING ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1971, ARAGONITE DEP. OF W. JUAB CO., UT: UT. GEOL. MIN SURVEY RI #56, 5 PP

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1971, ARAGONITE DEP. OF W. JUAB CO., UT: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR RI #56, 5 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE QUEEN: 800 FT X 180 FT X 360 FT; WHITE CLOUD: 120 FT X 90 FT; WHITE DRAGON: 120 X 27 FT; ONYX QUEEN: 175 FT TRIANGULAR SHAPE
Deposit THE WHITE QUEEN DEPOSIT IS THE LARGEST PROSPECT WITH AN ESTIMATED MINIMUM TONNAGE OF 4,300,000 TONS, NEXT IS WHITE CLOUD 140,000 TONS, WHITE DRAGON 12,000 TONS, & ONYX QUEEN 88,000 TONS. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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