| Deposit ID | 10088230 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB01227 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hillsdale Diatomite |
| Related records | 10276182 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.33327, 37.70026 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2329 |
| Relative position | 1 1/2 MILES WEST OF WILSON PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Garfield(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Wilson Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Panguitch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Dixie National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Garfield |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 036S | 04W | 03,04,09 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Diatomite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Diatomaceous Earth | Ore |
| Result | DIATOMS 50 - 75 %, QUARTZ 10 - 15 %, CARBONATES 0 - 28 %, FELDSPAR 4 - 10 %, OTHERS 0 - 1 % |
|---|---|
| Result | INTACTDIATOMS 40 - 70 % |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments |
| Rock unit name | Pleis Sevier River Formation |
| Rock description | Pleis Sevier River Formation |
| (1) | Alluvium and colluvium |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | High Plateaus |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Along Sevier Fault |
| General form | WEDGE |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 7.62M |
| Length | 1609.3M |
| Width | 457.2M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 7.62M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Hatch |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gale D. Wilcock |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB01227 |
SRC.REF: CRAWFORD, 1951
CRAWFORD, A. L., 1951 , DIATOMACEOUS EARTH NEAR BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY CIRC. 38 .
DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 , P. 153 - 154 .
1951 RECON UGMS CIRC. 38
1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107
DOELLING, H. H., 1975
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NEARLY HORIZONTAL |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1978 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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