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Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Graphite
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020474
MRDS ID DC13324
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -111.94962, 41.42297 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weber(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mantua(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008N;008N 001W;002W Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -111.94962, 41.42297

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CARBONACEOUS SCHIST WITH 3.48% FIXED CARBON. BURNS READILY, THEREFORE NOT TRUE GRAPHITE. HAS BEEN SOLD AS A PAINT PIGMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willard

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 430, 1909, P. 639-640

  • Deposit

    SALT LAKE MIN. REV. 1909, VOL. 11, NO. 12, P. 33

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1910, 1913

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHALLOW PITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-74 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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