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Plug Peak Section Lake Shore Sand Occurrence, Stansbury Formation, Tooele County, Utah, USAi
Regional Level Types
Plug Peak Section Lake Shore Sand OccurrenceOccurrence
Stansbury FormationFormation
Tooele CountyCounty
UtahState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 48' 49'' North , 112° 28' 21'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Grantsville10,027 (2017)23.8km
Stansbury park5,145 (2011)24.6km
Erda4,642 (2011)26.4km
Magna26,505 (2011)33.3km
Tooele33,157 (2017)34.7km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Tooele Gem & Mineral SocietyTooele, Utah35km
Mineral Collectors of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah49km
Wasatch Gem SocietySalt Lake City, Utah49km
Mindat Locality ID:
183132
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:183132:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., 1964. LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE, IN MINERALS AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 73.
Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
Commodities (Trace) - Limestone - General
Deposit Type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Dune Sands
Host Rock: Beach Sand
Tectonic Structure: Basin And Range

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2 valid minerals.

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Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
O AragoniteCaCO3
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
CaCalcium
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2

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