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Diatomaceous Earth Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087547
MRDS ID D007760
Record type Site
Current site name Diatomaceous Earth Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51803, 40.78937 (WGS84)
Elevation 1335
Relative position 25,600 FT. S OF STANSBURY PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corral Canyon(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

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 001N 006W 28 NW OF NE SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Rock unit name Lake Terrace
    Rock description Lake Terrace
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.51803, 40.78937
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 0.3M

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 Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 3.05M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERY SHALLOW DOZER CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    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

Beyond USGS

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

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