Mine detail: Wig Mtn Ne Gravel

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.48687, -113.03833
dep_id: 10012162
mrds_id: D007625
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace 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: BLANKET-WEDGE
conc_proc: Fluvial And Lacustrine Action
ore_ctrl: Flanks Of Mountain Range
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Lake Bonneville Formation
hrock_type: Gravel
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: MAURER, R.E., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE CEDAR MOUNTAINS, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: PH. D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH.
  • Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN SURVEY.
  • Deposit:: 1970 GEOLMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PH. D. DISSERTATIO
  • Production:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
  • Reserve-Resource:: TRIPP, B.T. 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, U.G.M.S.
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