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Plug Peak Nw Section of Big Cottonwood Series

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012234
MRDS ID D007743
Record type Site
Current site name Plug Peak Nw Section of Big Cottonwood Series

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.49914, 40.88743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3200 FT NW OF PASS CANYON SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plug Peak NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(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 002N 006W NW OF SE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result DELETERIOUS ELEMENTS IN PERCENT: A1-.3-1.5, FE-.1-.7, MG-.02-.3, CA-.01-.07, NA-0-.05, K-0, TI-.02-.2, MN-.0015-.01

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Big Cottonwood Series
    Rock description Big Cottonwood Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.49914, 40.88743
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North Fault Truncates South End Of Formation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 19 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stansbury Fm.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KETNER, K.B., 1964, SILICA, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 73.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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