Plug Peak Section of Stansbury Fm.

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087562
MRDS ID D007795
Record type Site
Current site name Plug Peak Section of Stansbury Fm.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.4922, 40.81076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1786
Relative position 8300 FT SW OF SHANTY SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plug Peak(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 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartzite Metamorphosed

Analytical data

Result VERY PURE QUARTZITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Stansbury Formation
    Rock description Stansbury Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.4922, 40.81076

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description South Fault Truncates Formation In Sec. 10 And 11.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10W
    Dip 55 E
    Thickness 518.16M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 518.16M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stansbury Island

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVE FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHAPUSA, F.W.P., 1976. GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF STANSBURY ISLAND: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

    KETNER, K.B., 1964. SILICA, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL.73.

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., 1976. GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOL. STUDIES VOL. 20, PT. 3.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

  • Reserve-Resource

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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