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Knolls Gypsite Dunes

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012069
MRDS ID D007431
Record type Site
Current site name Knolls Gypsite Dunes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2789, 40.72576 (WGS84)
Elevation 1292
Relative position 1/2 MILE ENE OF KNOLLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knolls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonneville Salt Flats(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 013W 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result ABOUT 60% GYPSUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Sand Dunes
    Rock description Sand Dunes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2789, 40.72576
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 8851.15M
    Width 3218.6M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • East Side Great Salt Lake Desert

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Great Salt Lake Desert

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: STEPHENS, J.C., 1974, UT. DEPT. OF NAT. RES., TECH. PUBL. 4

  • Deposit

    STEPHENS, J.C., 1974, HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UT. DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, TECH. PUBL. 4.

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1927, POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: U.S.G.S. BULL. 795, P. 25-44.

  • Production

    STEPHENS, J.C., 1974, HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE N. GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UT. DEPT. NAT. RES. TECH. PUBL. 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCATTERED DUNES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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