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Delle Diatomaceous Earth

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090888
MRDS ID D007774
Record type Site
Current site name Delle Diatomaceous Earth

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.80193, 40.82104 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 1 3/4 MILES SOUTH OF BLACK MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N;001N 009W;008W 13;18 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR A REPRESENTATIVE PT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLE USE OF THE HORNFELS IN REFRACTORY BRICK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomaceous Earth Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.80193, 40.82104
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 609.6M
    Width 426.72M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quiet Lacustrine Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lakeside Mountains

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS ARE EXPLORATORY, FOR METALS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TESELLE, R., 1974, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LAKESIDE MINING DISTRICT: UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, J.C., 1955, GEOL. OF THE SOUTHERN LAKESIDE MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 56

  • Reserve-Resource

    TESELLE, R., 1974, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE S. PORTION OF THE LAKESIDE MTS: UNPUBLISHED REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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