Mine detail: Diatom Gulch

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.99354, -113.01
dep_id: 10012231
mrds_id: D007735
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Diatomite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Diatomaceous Earth
gangue: Marl
orebody_fm: BLANKET
ore_ctrl: Protected Lacustrine Basin
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_unit: Lake Bonneville Formation
hrock_type: Diatomite
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1979
  • Deposit:: DOELLING, H.H., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN LAKESIDE MTNS. AND GRASSY MTNS., TOOELE AND BOX ELDER COS., UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESIS.
  • Deposit:: DOELLING, H.H., 1979, DIATOM GULCH DIATOMACEOUS EARTH DEPOSIT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 138, 4 P.
  • Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESIS
  • Deposit:: 1979 RECON UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY REPT INV. 138
  • Production:: DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
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