Mine detail: Peplin Flats Diatomite

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Location: Box Elder County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.62492, -113.18806
dep_id: 10015591
mrds_id: DB01618
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Diatomite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Diatomaceous Earth
gangue: Clay, Quartz
orebody_fm: BLANKET
ore_ctrl: Former Protected Embayments Of Lake Bonneville
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_unit: Lake Bonneville Formation
hrock_type: Diatomite
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: UGMS FILES
  • Deposit:: STIFEL, P. B., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF HOGUP AND TERRACE MTS.: UNIV. OF UTAH, PH.D. THESIS
  • Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP STIFEL, UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESI
  • Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. - SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
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