Mine detail: Aragonite Gravel

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.68299, -113.02777
dep_id: 10012098
mrds_id: D007468
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Quartzite, Sandstone
gangue: Calcite, Chert
orebody_fm: TABULAR TO WEDGE
conc_proc: Wave Action (Lacustrine)
ore_ctrl: Flanks Of Mountain Range
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_unit: Lake Bonneville Formation
hrock_type: Gravel
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: MAURER, R.E., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE CEDAR MTNS, TOOELE CO., UT: UNIV. OF UT. PHD THESI
  • Deposit:: 1970 GEOLMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. DISSERTATIO
  • Production:: DOELLING, H.H., 1980, UGMS, ON SITE INVESTIGATION
  • Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING, H.H., 1980, UT GEOL AND MINER SURVEY, ON SITE INVEST.
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