Hobbs Reservoir Talc Locality

Occurrence in Davis county in Utah, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020515
MRDS ID DC13478
Record type Site
Current site name Hobbs Reservoir Talc Locality

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.90274, 41.10049 (WGS84)
Elevation 1640
Relative position 3,800 FT N 24 E OF BM 4955, SEC. 12

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davis(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kaysville(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 Davis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004N 001W 12 E2 OF NW OF W2 OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POOR GRADE, MAY BE PARTIALLY PYROPHYLLITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Farmington Canyon Complex
    Rock description Farmington Canyon Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.90274, 41.10049

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Immediately To West

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN
    Thickness 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clearfield Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, FILES OF BRANCH OF MINING OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    USGS, CONSERVATION DIVISION COMP. DATE, 1-17-1963

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, B., 1979, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PRECAMBRIAN FARMINGTON CANYON COMPLEX AND SURROUNDING ROCKS IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS BETWEEN OGDEN AND BOUNTIFUL, UTAH: USGS OFR 79-709.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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