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Badger Island Section of the Pioche Shale

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087523
MRDS ID D007692
Record type Site
Current site name Badger Island Section of the Pioche Shale

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.52998, 40.87549 (WGS84)
Elevation 1411
Relative position 15,500 FT SO OF PUMPING STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 006W 28 NE OF NW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Pioche Shale
    Rock description Pioche Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.52998, 40.87549
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 45 W Trending Stansbury Fault Passes North Of Outcrop

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 21 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stansbury Island

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVE FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CHAPUSA, F.W.P., 1969, GEOL. AND STRUCTURE OF STANSBURY ISLAND: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.

  • Reserve-Resource

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

Reporter information

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

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