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Goslin Silica Deposit

Occurrence in Daggett county in Utah, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011427
MRDS ID D006265
Record type Site
Current site name Goslin Silica Deposit
Related records 10202917

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.31489, 40.97134 (WGS84)
Elevation 2451
Relative position 8000 FT. ESE OF EDITH ASPDEN PARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goslin Mountain(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)

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 Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 023E 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED ONLY 0.5, PERCENT TOTAL IMPURITIES.

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) -109.31489, 40.97134
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Strike N50E
    Dip 54N
    Length 914.4M
    Width 365.76M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goslin Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: W.R. HANSEN, 1965, P. 187

  • 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

    1965 GEOLMAP W.R. HANSEN, PP 490, P. 18

  • Production

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINER. SURV.

Reporter information

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

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