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Black Butte Vitric Tuff

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088346
MRDS ID DB01781
Record type Site
Current site name Black Butte Vitric Tuff
Related records 10227196

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16112, 41.70353 (WGS84)
Elevation 1335
Relative position 3/4 MILE SW OF TABLE MTN.

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)

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 011N 012W 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.16112, 41.70353
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hogup Mtns.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP EXPOSURE

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

Reporter information

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

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