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Gunnison Island Guano

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Nitrogen-Nitrates
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015635
MRDS ID DB01684
Record type Site
Current site name Gunnison Island Guano

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.85861, 41.33686 (WGS84)
Elevation 1289
Relative position ON GUNNISON ISLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gunnison Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Promontory Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007N 009W 15 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Nitrogen-Nitrates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.85861, 41.33686
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Protected Nesting Places

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Great Salt Lake/Gunnison Island

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Richter And Young

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY 1 - 3 THOUSAND SHORT TONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.

  • Deposit

    SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, DEC 30 , 1900 AND OCT. 30 , 1900 .

  • Production

    SALT LAKE MNG. REVIEW, OCT. 30 , 1900 , AND DEC. 30 , 1900 .

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL CIRCULAR NESTING AREAS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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