Mine detail: Azomite - Welded Tuff Deposit East #1

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Location: Sanpete County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.36607, -111.92689
dep_id: 10015544
mrds_id: DB01412
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Volcanic Materials
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Tuff
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Dollar, Robert S.
hrock_unit: Goldens Ranch Formation
hrock_type: Welded Tuff
arock_unit: Goldens Ranch Formation Welded Tuff
arock_type: Welded Tuff
Structure: Gunnison Plateau Syncline, Abundant Normal Faulting
tectonic: Cordilleran Hingeline
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: PRATT AND CALLAGHAN, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 85 P. 50 , 52
  • Deposit:: PRATT, A. P., AND CALLAGHAN, E., 1970 , LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULLETIN 85
  • Production:: DOLLAR, R. S., 1978
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