Goose Creek Lignite

The Goose Creek Lignite is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 5,098 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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