Tetzlaff Peak Sand Dunes

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012265
MRDS ID D007808
Record type Site
Current site name Tetzlaff Peak Sand Dunes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.92475, 40.79742 (WGS84)
Elevation 1289
Relative position 10,800 FT. SE OF RISHEL PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tetzlaff Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 019W 29 NW OF NW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Dune Sands
    Rock description Dune Sands
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.92475, 40.79742

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Island District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.Y

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.