Mine detail: Knolls Gypsite Dunes

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.72576, -113.2789
dep_id: 10012069
mrds_id: D007431
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gypsum
gangue: Calcite, Clay
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Capillary And Wind Action
ore_ctrl: East Side Great Salt Lake Desert
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Sand Dunes
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: STEPHENS, J.C., 1974, UT. DEPT. OF NAT. RES., TECH. PUBL. 4
  • Deposit:: STEPHENS, J.C., 1974, HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UT. DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, TECH. PUBL. 4.
  • Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1927, POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: U.S.G.S. BULL. 795, P. 25-44.
  • Production:: STEPHENS, J.C., 1974, HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE N. GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UT. DEPT. NAT. RES. TECH. PUBL. 4
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