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Johnson Pass Sand Dunes

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087639
MRDS ID D008430
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Pass Sand Dunes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.64053, 40.33105 (WGS84)
Elevation 1588
Relative position APPROX. 1 1/2 MI. WEST OF JOHNSON PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terra(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skull Valley(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 005S;006S 007W;007W 28,27,34,04,03,08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINE-GRAINED, CLEAN, QUARTZ DUNE SANDS, POSSIBLY SUITABLE FOR MASONRY WORK.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.64053, 40.33105
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • RECENT SAND DUNES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Skull Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY AT THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13, P. 129-130

  • Production

    RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, GUIDEBOOK NO. 13: UTAH GEOL. SOC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

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