The Goose Creek Lignite is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.97444, -114.03472
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Goose Creek Lignite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goose Creek Lignite
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Lignite
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Goose Creek Lignite Field
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Physiographic Detail: Goose Creek Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Several North Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BTU 2000-6000, MOISTURE 21-35 PERCENT, ASH 18 TO 65 PERCENT, SULFUR 0.6-1.0 PERCENT, URANIUM LOW, BUT LOCALLY TO 0.10%
Materials
Ore: Lignite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LIGNITE IS THIN AND HIGH IN ASH, SEVERAL LIGNITE ZONES WHICH ARE HIGHLY LENTICULAR.
Comment (Location): ALSO SECS 3, 4, 9, 10, 16, T 13 N, R 19 W, SECS 4, 9-16, 21-23, 26-28, 33-34, T 14 N, R 19 W AND SECS. 25-28, 36, T 15 N, R 19 W
References
Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON MAPEL, W.J. AND W.J. HAIL, JR., UGSGB 11
Reference (Deposit): 1959 GEOLMAP MAPEL, W.J. AND W.J. HAIL, JR. USGS BULL 1055-H.
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1972, P. 383 AND MAPEL & HAIL, 1959
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, C.F., 1913, LIGNITE IN THE GOOSE CREEK DISTRICT, CASSIA COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 531 H.
Reference (Deposit): MAPEL, W.J. AND HAIL, W.J., JR, 1959, TERTIARY GEOLOGY OF THE GOOSE CREEK DISTRICT, CASSIA COUNTY, IDAHO, AND ADJACENT PARTS OF UTAH AND NEVADA: USGS BULL. 1055-H
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., AND GRAHAM, R.L., 1972, EASTERN AND NORTHERN UTAH COAL FIELDS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVEY BULL., P. 379-385.
Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON BOWEN, C.F., BULL 531 H
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