Andalusite Hornfels Area

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Kyanite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000318
MRDS ID D008389
Record type District
Current site name Andalusite Hornfels Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83474, 40.16213 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR A REPRESENTATIVE PT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) CONVERSION OF CLAY MINERALS TO ANDALUSITE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83474, 40.16213

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description BASIN AND RANGE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithologic contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Beyond USGS

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