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Dove Creek Pass Quartzite

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015754
MRDS ID DB01936
Record type Site
Current site name Dove Creek Pass Quartzite
Related records 10130061

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.68197, 41.83158 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
Relative position 1/2 MILE WNW OF DOVE CREEK PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynn Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raft(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013N 016W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Ord Eureka Quartzite
    Rock description Ord Eureka Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.68197, 41.83158
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Raft River Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Strike N 1 W
    Dip 12 DEG W
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMPTON, R. R., 1972 , GEOLOGY OF THE YOST QUAD.: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I - 672

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP COMPTON, MAP I - 67

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERMITTENTLY WORKED

Reporter information

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

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