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Pack Rat tremolite prospect

past prospect of asbestos in Box Elder county, UT

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Geologic information

Name of sitePack Rat tremolite prospect
Developmentpast prospect
StateUT
CountyBox Elder
Geographic location:-113.3375, 41.1994
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Fibrous mineraltremolite asbestos
Associated mineralsdolomite
Host rock typesdolomitic marble
Geologic map unit-113.3375, 41.1994
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Reference information

Paddock, R.E., 1956, Geology of the Newfoundland Mountains, Box Elder County, Utah: Salt Lake City, Utah, University of Utah, M.S. thesis, 101 p.
Allmendinger, R.W., and Jordan, T.E., 1989, Geologic map of the Newfoundland Mountains, northwestern Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2087, scale 1:31,680, 1 sheet.
[http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf2087]
U.S. Geological Survey, 2007, Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS)
[http://tin.er.usgs.gov/mrds/]