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Rock Canyon Stone

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088341
MRDS ID DB01766
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Canyon Stone
Related records 10129910

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.38002, 41.85575 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position AT MOUTH OF ROCK CANYON, 2 3/4 MILES NORTH OF U-30 BETWEEN ROSETTE AND PARK VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rosette(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 013N 013W 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4
  • NORTH WASH, HITE, CAPE HORN, MONTE CRISTO, TICABOO, GOOD HOPE, SUNDOG BARS; BARS ARE ON COLORADO RIVER FROM MOUTH OF NORTH WASH TO BULLFROG CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINE GRAIN SIZE OF GOLD (0.05-0.1 MM) MAKES RECOVERY EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. PT SPECIFICALLY REPORTED ONLY AT HITE BAR
  • STONE, FACING STONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Elba Quartzite
    Rock description Elba Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.38002, 41.85575
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Raft River Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip 22 DEG S
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 274.32M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Glenn Fuller

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN $5,000 IN GOLD PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1900

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.428HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE MINING WITH ROCKERS, SLUICES, AND RIFFLES. SOME SHAFTS WITH DRIFTS WERE SUNK
  • SEVERAL EAST-WEST CUTS RANGING FROM 100 TO 300 FT IN LENGTH, 100 FT WIDE AND 25 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMPTON, R. R., 1975 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARK VALLEY QUADRANGLE: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-873

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOLMAP COMPTON MAP I-87

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GREEN AND FLAGGY OVER DIMENSIONS INDICATED
Deposit DEPOSITS ARE SUBMERGED UNDER LAKE POWELL
Deposit AS OF 1963, ALL BARS ARE UNDER LAKE POWELL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit RECORD M057768 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Reporter information

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

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