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Pass

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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015819
MRDS ID DB02068
Record type Site
Current site name Pass
Related records 10178893

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.79252, 41.04325 (WGS84)
Elevation 1356
Relative position 2 1/4 MILES NNW OF DONNER-REED PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crater Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(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

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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004N 017W 21 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomaceous Earth Ore

Analytical data

Result PROBABLY 50 - 75 PERCENT DIATOMS, 3 - 7 PERCENT QUARTZ, 2 TO 8 PERCENT CLAY, 10 - 40 PERCENT CARBONATE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Levels (Ancient)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crater Island/Silver Island

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPINDLE-SHAPED DIATOMS DOMINATE, AT LEAST 50 PERCENT INTACT.

Reporter information

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

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