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Clarks Basin Quartzite

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088381
MRDS ID DB01941
Record type Site
Current site name Clarks Basin Quartzite
Related records 10227457

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.65253, 41.8513 (WGS84)
Elevation 2109
Relative position 3/4 MILE SOUTH OF CLARKS BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynn Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raft(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013N 016W 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Camb Quartzite Of Clarks Basin
    Rock description Camb Quartzite Of Clarks Basin

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.65253, 41.8513
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Raft River Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 1 W
    Dip 23 DEG W
    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 National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS (180 X 60 X 10 FT. AND 130 X 60 X 10 FT.), A 150 FOOT CUT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW DIGGINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMPTON, R. R., 1972 , GEOLOGY OF THE YOST QUAD.: USGS MISC GEOL. INV. MAP I - 672

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP COMPTON, MAP I - 67

  • Production

    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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN BEDDEN FLAGGY QUARTZITE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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