| Deposit ID | 10087562 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007795 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Plug Peak Section of Stansbury Fm. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.4922, 40.81076 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1786 |
| Relative position | 8300 FT SW OF SHANTY SPRING |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 001N | 006W | 23 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Ore |
| Result | VERY PURE QUARTZITE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Stansbury Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Stansbury Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.4922, 40.81076 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | South Fault Truncates Formation In Sec. 10 And 11. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N10W |
| Dip | 55 E |
| Thickness | 518.16M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 518.16M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Stansbury Island |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Government |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007795 |
CHAPUSA, F.W.P., 1976. GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF STANSBURY ISLAND: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.
KETNER, K.B., 1964. SILICA, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL.73.
HINTZE, L.F., 1976. GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOL. STUDIES VOL. 20, PT. 3.
TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.
TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Bureau of Land Management |
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