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Peplin Flats Diatomite

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Diatomite
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015591
MRDS ID DB01618
Record type Site
Current site name Peplin Flats Diatomite
Related records 10276212

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.18806, 41.62492 (WGS84)
Elevation 1340
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES ESE OF OMBEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hogup Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010N 012W 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomaceous Earth Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TESTED MATERIAL CONTAINS 50 - 75 PERCENT DIATOMS, 3 - 7 PERCENT QUARTZ, 2 - 8 PERCENT CLAY, AND 10 - 40 PERCENT CARBONATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.18806, 41.62492
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Former Protected Embayments Of Lake Bonneville

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hogup Mtns.

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carl L. Cobia
    Home office Snowville

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUT 100 FT. LONG AND SHALLOW DIGGINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UGMS FILES

  • Deposit

    STIFEL, P. B., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF HOGUP AND TERRACE MTS.: UNIV. OF UTAH, PH.D. THESIS

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP STIFEL, UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESI

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. - SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 FT. OF PURE; 1 - 2 FT. BENEATH CONTAMINATED WITH PEBBLES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. U.S. Geological Survey

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