Edwards Kaolin

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Kaolin
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019968
MRDS ID DC12094
Record type Site
Current site name Edwards Kaolin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.66085, 40.98742 (WGS84)
Relative position SW 1/4 NE 1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Floating Island(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 003N 016W 22 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.66085, 40.98742

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Island

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. RPT.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-27-1958

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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