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Bender Mtn Silica Deposit

Occurrence in Daggett county in Utah, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090819
MRDS ID D006234
Record type Site
Current site name Bender Mtn Silica Deposit
Related records 10300324

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.11127, 40.94967 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 5/8 MILE SE OF FIGHTING SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Creek Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 025E 32,33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 (E 1/2 E 1/2 SEC 32, NWSW SEC 33.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica 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 Red Creek Quartzite
    Rock description Red Creek Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.11127, 40.94967
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 792.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bender Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE AREA, UTAH, COLORADO, WYOMING: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PP 490

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT CO, UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 66.

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1961, GEOL. MAP OF DUTCH JOHN AND GOSLIN MTN. QUADRANGLES, UTAH-WYOMING: USGS MISC. GEOL MAP I-324

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP W.R. HANSEN, MAP I 32

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST, UT GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST. UT GEOL. AND MINER SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STEEP DIPS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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