| Deposit ID | 10090138 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00237 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lake Bonneville Sediments |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.80473, 39.81688 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1573 |
| Relative position | 12,300 FT N30E OF FALKENBERG RANCH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Indian Farm Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 011S | 017W | 31 | SW OF SW OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Thorium | Primary |
| Zirconium Critical | Primary |
| Uranium | Primary |
| REE Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Monazite | Ore |
| Sphene | Ore |
| Zircon | Ore |
| Result | ANALYSIS YIELDED U-168 PPM |
|---|---|
| Result | TH-642 PPM |
| Result | TI-0.75% |
| Result | ZR-560 PPM |
| Result | LA-980 PPM |
| Result | Y-120 PPM. |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel | ||
| Rock unit name | Lake Bonneville Formation | ||
| Rock description | Lake Bonneville Formation | ||
| |||
| (1) | Alluvium and colluvium |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Tilted Fault Block Dipping 20 To 45 Deg W. And Faults Trending N To Nw & W To Nw |
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 48.77M |
| Length | 14483.7M |
| Width | 1609.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1979 |
| Discoverer | R.A. Cadigan, U.S. Geological Survey |
| District name | Spring Creek |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00237 |
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOW-GRADE OCCURRENCES OF HEAVY MINERALS IN LARGE VOLUME -- PLEISTOCENE WAVE-DEPOSITED TERRACES |
| Deposit | HEAVY RESISTATE MINERALS WERE ERODED FROM THE GRANITIC IBAPAH STOCK (TERTIARY) IN THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS AND CONCENTRATED IN LAYERS WITHIN THE BEACH TERRACES OF LAKE BONNEVILLE (PLEISTOCENE). PROSPECTIVE AREA EXTENDS BETWEEN THE 5040 FT TOPOGRAPHIC CONTOUR AND THE 5200 FT TOPOGRAPHIC CONTOUR, FROM GRANITE CREEK, ON THE SOUTH, TO BASIN CREEK ON THE GOSHUTE CANYON QUAD, ON THE NORTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1987 | Blackett, Robert, E. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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