| Deposit ID | 10090887 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007740 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Miners Canyon Quad. Sand Dunes |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.01669, 40.94325 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1305 |
| Relative position | 16,200 FT E OF RAVENS CAVE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Miners Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 | 019W | 003N | 28 | NW OF NW OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel | ||||
| Rock unit name | Dune Sands | ||||
| Rock description | Dune Sands | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -114.01669, 40.94325 |
|---|
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Silver Island District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007740 |
TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
TRIPP, B. T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1981 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Bureau of Land Management |
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