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Kelton Butte Diatomite

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088307
MRDS ID DB01617
Record type Site
Current site name Kelton Butte Diatomite
Related records 10299770

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19167, 41.64381 (WGS84)
Elevation 1359
Relative position SOUTH END OF KELTON BUTTE (PEPLIN MTN.); 1 1/2 MILES ENE OF OMBEY

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)

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 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomaceous Earth Ore

Analytical data

Result AVG. CARBONATE CONTENT IS 37 PERCENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.19167, 41.64381
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.88M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Protected Former Embayments Of Lake Bonneville

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hogup Mtns.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carl L. Cobia
    Home office Snowville

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT WITH DIAMETER OF 400 FT.; MAP DEPTH IS 8 FT.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERLIES SEVERAL SQUARE MILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. U.S. Geological Survey

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