Hillsdale Diatomite

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Diatomite
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088230
MRDS ID DB01227
Record type Site
Current site name Hillsdale Diatomite
Related records 10276182

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33327, 37.70026 (WGS84)
Elevation 2329
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES WEST OF WILSON PEAK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036S 04W 03,04,09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SECTION 4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomaceous Earth Ore

Analytical data

Result DIATOMS 50 - 75 %, QUARTZ 10 - 15 %, CARBONATES 0 - 28 %, FELDSPAR 4 - 10 %, OTHERS 0 - 1 %
Result INTACTDIATOMS 40 - 70 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description High Plateaus
Type of structure Local
Structure description Along Sevier Fault

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 457.2M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hatch

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gale D. Wilcock

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER PITS - SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. IN EXTENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CRAWFORD, 1951

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A. L., 1951 , DIATOMACEOUS EARTH NEAR BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY CIRC. 38 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 , P. 153 - 154 .

  • Deposit

    1951 RECON UGMS CIRC. 38

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107

  • Production

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEARLY HORIZONTAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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