| Deposit ID | 10087522 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007690 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Badger Island Section of the Big Cottonwood Series |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.49274, 40.00855 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1423 |
| Relative position | 5800 FT SE OF PUMPING STATION |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Vernon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002N | 006W | 15 | SW OF NW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Ore |
| Result | DELETERIOUS ELEMENTS IN PERCENT: AL-.3-1.5, FE-.1-.7, MG-.02-.3, CA-.01-.07, NG-0-.05, K-0, TI-0, MN.-.0015-.01 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Big Cottonwood Series | ||||
| Rock description | Big Cottonwood Series | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.49274, 40.00855 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | South End Of Formation Truncated By N 45 W Trending North Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 45 W |
| Dip | 33 SW |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Stansbury Island |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007690 |
TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
CHAPUSA, F.W.P., 1969, GEOL. AND STRUCTURE OF STANSBURY ISLAND: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.
KETNER, D.B., 1969, SILICA, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY BULL. 73.
TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | UNDERLIES MAJOR PORTION OF THE QUADRANGLE, SEVERAL HORIZONS OF BRINE TO BE EXPECTED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Bureau of Land Management |
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