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Tactite

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088333
MRDS ID DB01747
Record type Site
Current site name Tactite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.72558, 41.53325 (WGS84)
Elevation 1884
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF EMIGRANT PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Emigrant Pass(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)

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 009N 016W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Grouse Creek Pluton
    Rock description Grouse Creek Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh Formation
    Rock description Oquirrh Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.72558, 41.53325
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N 27 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 118.87M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone; Granodiorite And Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rosebud

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.013HA
    Length 9.14M
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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