| Deposit ID | 10012160 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007622 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wig Mtn Sand Dunes |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.05082, 40.28161 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1318 |
| Relative position | 2 MI SSE OF WIG MTN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Wig Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 006S | 011W | 26 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel | ||||
| Rock unit name | Sand Dunes | ||||
| Rock description | Sand Dunes | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.05082, 40.28161 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR-BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 4.57M |
| Length | 8046.5M |
| Width | 6437.2M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Great Salt Lake Desert |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007622 |
HILBERT, L.S., 1964, MINERAL & WATER RESOURCES OF UT: UT. GEOL AND MINER. SURVEY, BULL 73
HILBERT, 1964, U.G.M.S., BULL 973
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SCATTERED SAND DUNES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Bureau of Land Management |
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