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West Utahlite Hill Variscite

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015829
MRDS ID DB02081
Record type Site
Current site name West Utahlite Hill Variscite
Related records 10202971

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.9128, 41.40048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1474
Relative position 1.9 MILES SW OF GROUSE CREEK JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucin NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(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 008N 018W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RINGSTONES, CABACHONS, ETC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Variscite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Rex Chert
    Rock description Rex Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.9128, 41.40048
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Chert Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINOR QUANTITIES ONLY

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGM

Reporter information

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

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