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Diatomaceous Earth

Past Producer in Millard 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010745
MRDS ID D004689
Record type Site
Current site name Diatomaceous Earth
Related records 10203042

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.00442, 39.30884 (WGS84)
Elevation 1443
Relative position 1800 NW INTER. OLD HWY & SAND PASS ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Knolls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier 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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 017S 010W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROVED TO BE TOO IMPURE FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomaceous Earth Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Plies Volcanics
    Rock description Plies Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Rock unit name Plies Bonneville Sed
    Rock description Plies Bonneville Sed

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.00442, 39.30884
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Delta Graben

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bottom

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name House Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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