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Gypsite Sands

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. 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 10087459
MRDS ID D007415
Record type Site
Current site name Gypsite Sands

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.76446, 40.70076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1288
Relative position 9500 FT. SW OF THE SALDURO RADIO FACILITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salduro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonneville Salt Flats(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 017W 34 SW OF NE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

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) -113.76446, 40.70076
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Salt Flats

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1927, POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH: USGS BULL. 795, P. 25-44.

  • Deposit

    STEPHENS, J.C., 1974, HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UTAH DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH. PUBL. 4.

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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