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Silver Sands Pit

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087695
MRDS ID D008634
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Sands Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20969, 40.72855 (WGS84)
Elevation 1286
Relative position 5000 FT. N 78 E OF BLACK ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farnsworth Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 003W 17 SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RECENT OOLITIC SANDS

Analytical data

Result 90.7 PERCENT ARAGONITE, 3.2 PERCENT DOLOMITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit
    Rock unit name Unconsokidated Sediments
    Rock description Unconsokidated Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.20969, 40.72855
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beach Deposit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Garfield Smelter Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 7.807HA
    Overall length 1005.84M
    Overall width 82.3M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 73

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OOLITIC BEACH SAND OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE
Deposit OOLITES ARE FORMED IN TURBULENT ZONES OF LAKE BY CONCRETION AROUND BRINE SHRIMP FECA PELLETS, DETRITAL GRAINS, ETC. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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