American Montmorillonite

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088394
MRDS ID DB01974
Record type Site
Current site name American Montmorillonite
Related records 10275673

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.72864, 41.43964 (WGS84)
Elevation 1399
Relative position 1.1 MILES WEST OF MICROWAVE TOWER ALONG UTAH HIGHWAY 30

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bovine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(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 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

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) -113.72864, 41.43964

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 10 DEG SE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ancient Lake Or Pond

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rosebud

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Alan Mercer
    Home office San Francisco, Ca.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.101HA
    Overall length 39.62M
    Overall width 27.43M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, W. H., 1959 , GEOLOGIC SETTING AND ORIGIN OF THE GROUSE CREEK PLUTON, BOX ELDER CO., UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. DISSERTATION

  • Deposit

    1959 GEOLMAP BAKER, 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 CONTINUES IN SUBSURFACE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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