Mine detail: Knolls Sand Dunes

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.63576, -113.25222
dep_id: 10012070
mrds_id: D007432
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silica
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR-BLANKET
conc_proc: Aeolian
ore_ctrl: West Edge Of Desert
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Sand Dunes
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
References:
  • 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, UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULL. 795, P. 25-44.
  • Production:: STEPHENS, J.C., 1974, UT. DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, TECH. PUBL. 4.
  • Reserve-Resource:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
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