| Deposit ID | 10087682 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008597 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lark Sand Dunes |
| Alternate or previous names | Lark Tailings Area |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.07524, 40.52827 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1585 |
| Relative position | 6150 FT. N 83 E OF LARK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Copperton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jordan(hydrologic unit)
Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003S | 002W | 27;28;29 | NW OF NE OF SW (27) | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silica | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Latite Porphyoy And Breeccia | ||||||||
| Rock description | Latite Porphyoy And Breeccia | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel |
| Rock unit name | Dune Sands |
| Rock description | Dune Sands |
| (1) | -112.07524, 40.52827 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 2743.2M |
| Width | 1066.8M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bingham District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008597 |
BRAY, E.E., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ALIGNED DUNES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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