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Dugway Proving Grounds Ne Sand Dunes

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087497
MRDS ID D007564
Record type Site
Current site name Dugway Proving Grounds Ne Sand Dunes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.11332, 40.18883 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 18,200 FT. WEST OF BAKER AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugway Proving Ground NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 011W 29 SE OF SE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.11332, 40.18883
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dugway Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOL. MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., (ED.), 1964, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Production

    HILPERT, L.S., (ED.), 1964, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL 73

Reporter information

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

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

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