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Black Butte Bentonite

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Bentonite
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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. Alteration
  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 10015680
MRDS ID DB01782
Record type Site
Current site name Black Butte Bentonite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16112, 41.7002 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Relative position 3/4 MILE SW OF TABLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peplin Flats(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(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 011N 012W 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Rhyodacitic Welded Tuff
    Rock description Rhyodacitic Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Rhyodacitic Welded Tuff
    Rock description Rhyodacitic Welded Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.16112, 41.7002
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Volcanic Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hogup Mtns.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.267HA
    Overall length 70M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • OVAL PIT, SEVERAL TEST CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STIFEL, P. B., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE TERRACE AND HOGUP MTS.: UNIV OF UTAH PH.D. THESIS

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP STIFEL, UNIV. OF UTAH, PH.D. THESI

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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