| Deposit ID | 10012231 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007735 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Diatom Gulch |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.01, 40.99354 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1451 |
| Relative position | E. SIDE GRASSY MTNS. AT E. END GERMAN VALLEY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Grassy Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bonneville Salt Flats(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003N | 010W | 18,17,19,20 | NE OF NE OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Diatomite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Diatomaceous Earth | Ore |
| Marl | Gangue |
| Result | CACO3=24-58%, DIATOMS 42-76% SIO2=54%, AL2O3=2.0%, FE2O3=1.2%, CAO=22%, MGO=0.3%, IGNITIMLESS=20% |
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| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lake Bonneville Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lake Bonneville Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.01, 40.99354 |
|---|
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 7.62M |
| Length | 1609.3M |
| Width | 1174.79M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Grassy Mtns. |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007735 |
SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1979
DOELLING, H.H., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN LAKESIDE MTNS. AND GRASSY MTNS., TOOELE AND BOX ELDER COS., UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESIS.
DOELLING, H.H., 1979, DIATOM GULCH DIATOMACEOUS EARTH DEPOSIT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 138, 4 P.
1964 GEOLMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESIS
1979 RECON UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY REPT INV. 138
DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SURFACE EXPOSURE IS 120 ACRES WITH A MINIMUM OF 15 FT. OF THICKNESS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1980 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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