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Geology of the Northern Stansbury Range, Tooele County, Utah GEOLOGGEOLOGYY OOFF THTHEE NORTHERNORTHERNN STANSBURSTANSBURYY RANGERANGE,, TOOELTOOELEE COUNTYCOUIif.PY,, UTAUTAHH bbyy DwighDwightt EllswortEllsworthh ArnoldArnold A, thesisthesis submittedsubmitted toto thethe facultyfaculty ooff thethe UniversityUniversity ofof UtahUtah inin partialpartial fulfillmentfulfillment ofof thethe requirementsrequirements forfor thethe degreedegree ofof l-1asterMaster ofof ScienceScience DepartmentDepartment ofof GeologyGeology LIBRARLIBRARYY UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OFOF UTAHUTAH UniversityUniversity ofof UtahUtah JJune, 1956 37%.ZiZ ^e5 1956 This Thes is for the E .. So d eg::cee by DHight Eo Arnold has been approved by � --dr�Chairman, SUP0 visor pommittee upervisory Committee , Supervisory Committee--- �� Head� Major Department 368566 TABLTABLEE OOFF CONTENTCON TENTSS Page INTRODUCTIOINTRODUCTIONN •. o 0 0 • • 0 ~ • 0 • • 0 • G 0 o 0 () 0 soo 1 LocatioLocationn .• »0 .• .• • • 0 0 • c • • 1 G © e O * & • 0 PreviouPr eviouss WorWorkk anandd ExplorationExploration co•• o 0 • c • • 1 PurposPurposee o0 ©0 o0 o0 o•• o o• o0 •••• • * • • • 0 2 Field.d WorWorkk c0 »0 «0 .9 •G •(J «0 .• .0 " • " • G • 0 • 0 2 AcknowledgementAcknowledgementss • 0 0 • • o 0 o 0 O O STRATIGRAPHSTRATIGRAPHYY ......• OOOO . O O U .o .0 •. o • • · . 5 CambriaCambriann SystemoSystem, 0 o 0 • 0 o • .. O O 0 O 0 • • • 5 Opex Formation 0 •0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 o .. 6 Opex Formation 0 o o o o • o UnnameUnnamedd CambriaCambriann (?(?)) FormationFormation .. .. 0 o 0 9 OrdoviciaOrdoviciann SystemoSystem 0 0 .00 11 " 0 • • • • 0 . " Garden City Limestone 0 • 0 • • • • Garden City Limestone Oo O O o a « 12 SwanSwan PeaPeakk (?(?)) FormationoFormation o ...o o 0o o0 6 " 15 FisFishh HaveHavenn DolomiteDolomite O0 •O O0 o0 0o •o e• 0 • o. 18 DevoniaDevoniann System.System, " • . • . • 0 o 0 • • ~ e 20 0 0 • ~ 0 0 0. • 22 StansburyStansbury FormationFormation ••o o o o Dolomite Conglomerate 0 • 0 • Dolomite Conglomerate ••o o o • 0 • 0 23 MississippianMississippian SystemSystem • • • 0 o 0 0 0 o • • oooooooo · .. 31 UnnamedUnnamed MississippianMississippian Formation.Formationo 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 • • 0 Madison-DeseretMadison-Deseret LimestoneLimestone. ,••• 0 « . HumbugHumbug FormationFormation 0« 0• •o 0• 0• 0. 0* •. 0 • • • ~f GreatGreat BlueBlue LimestoneLimestone •« 0• .0 „• •• .• • • • 0 44 MississippianMississippian (?)(?) ~- PennsylvanianPennsylvanian BedsBeds ... 47 • 0 ManningManning CanyonCanyon FormationFormation o 0 0 0 47 •o C>o •o o• STRUCTURE 0 o • o 0 0 o 0 0 e 0 000 o 0 STRUCTURE.o o .9 .o .• oocooo.e . o o o © © o 49 Folds.Fold Soeooooocouoeoooo 0 0 •• 0 0 • " 0 • • 0 • o•• 0 o .. 49 FaFaul ul.t S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .. 0 49 DevonianDevonian (?)(?) Uplift.Uplift 0 •• 0 ••• 0 0 •• 50 oooooooooo · " LAKELAKE BONNEVILLEBONNEVILLE SHORELINESSHORELINES • o 0 0 Q o 0 o c o o • 0 51 iii111 .fage EECONOMICONOMI C GEOLOGYGEOLOGY 0. 0. 0. 0• " . o 0 o 0 0 • . 00 0 " • 0 Qu.aI'ryiQuarryinngg OpeOperationrationss 0 0 0 0 " U 0 " " 0 0 0 0 53 BIBBIBLIOGRAPHLIOGRAPHYY e0 .0 «0 •0 «" „0 .0 " o 0 9 000 00 0" 0 0 56 1v ILLUSTRATIONILLUSTRATIONSS FigureFigur ess FollowinFollowingg PagPagee FiFig.g . 1 IndeIndexx MaMapp .• ... .0 ••• #..~ .»'#».••#•-.0 • • • • • • 0 • • . • .• 11 FigFig.. 2 GeneralizeGeneralizedd StratigraphiStrat igraphicc ColumnColumn*. .e ... •.. 55 FigFig.. 3 CumulativCumulativee SizSizee FrequencFrequencyy CurvCurvee ofof ConglomeratConglomeratee iinn ththee StansburStansburyy FormatioFormationn .• 242k FigFig.. k4 SizSizee FrequencFrequencyy HistograHistogramm ofof ConglomeratConglomeratee iinn ththee StansburyStansbury FormatioFormationn .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. 2525 FigFig., 55aa AngulaAngularr UnconformitUnconformityy BetweeBetweenn thethe ConglomeratConglomeratee MembeMemberr ooff ththee StansburyStansbury FormatioFormationn anandd ththee RepeateRepeatedd FishFish Haven Dolomite at Dolomite, Utah. 26 Haven Dolomite at Dolomite, Utah .... e • • 26 FigFig.. 5b5b AngulaAngularr UnconformitUnconformityy BetweeBet\o1eenn thethe BasaBasall MississippianMississippian DolomitDolomitee andand GardenGarden CityCity StrataStrata iinn ththee TimpieTimpie AreAreaa • • • • . e e • • • • • • 0 • • 0 »• 2626 Fig.Fig. 6 PossiblePossible ExplanationExplanation forfor ththee RepeatedRepeated FishFish HavenHaven DolomitDolomitee inin ththee NorthernNorthern StansburyStansbury RangRangee •............ .. • • .. • • e • .. • ••. 2727 Fig.Fig. 7 ConglomerateConglomerate inin StansburyStansbury FormationFormation • •. •. 2828 Fig.Fig. 8 ConglomerateConglomerate inin StansburyStansbury FormatioFormationn • •. .• 2929 Fig.Fig. 9.9 ProvoProvo ShorelineShoreline DepositsoDeposits . •. •„ eo.« , * 0, ..• .• 3300 Fig.Fig. 1010 ContactContact BetweenBetween Madison-DeseretMadison-Deseret LimestoneLimestone andand UnnamedUnnamed MississippianMississippian FormationFormation • • • •. .. • • • • • • ..« ..» 0. ...• . 3636 Fig.Fig. 1111 CorrelationCorrelation DiagramDiagram ofof PaleozoicPaleozoic RocksRocks inin NorthcentralNorthcentral Utah.Utah. ... ... • e. o.. •. 46*+6 Fig.Fig. 1212 CorrelationCorrelation DiagramDiagram ofof PaleozoicPaleozoic RocksRocks inin NorthcentralNorthcentral Utah.Utah. .. .. .. • • • • ^7 v Fol ..;. )vJl.ng Pag>3 FigoFigo 1313 GeologicGeologic SectionSection ofof northernnorthern Stansbury Range «) 0 0 0 0 0 0 u " I.t 0 0 0 Ir8 Stansbury Range O O O O Q O O FigoFigo 14ih GeologicGeologic SectionSection ofof NortheraNorthern Stansbury Range «) 0 0 • • 0 0 \J 0 C ... GI 0 Stansbury Range c o o o u o a Figo 15 GeologicGeologic MapMap ofof NorthernNorthern StansburyStansbury RangeRang*. o ..o «)o 0o • e "e FigoFigo 1616 Bonneville,Bonneville^ Provo?Prove? Andand StansburyStansbury Shol'elineShoreline FE~atUI'esFeatures nean3arr J.i'lllX:~Flux, Ut[-l.hUtai 0 " 0 .. FigoFigo 1717 BonnevillBonneVillee andand ProvoProve ShorelineShoreline FeatureFeaturess neanearr Grantsville(}I'antsville~. UtahUtah "• 0 " 0 " FigoFig0 1818 LimestoneLimestone QuarryQuarry anan~d MillMill atat Fluxj Utah, Q • " • • 0 Flux, Utah..il l • t * t f * : I • 'lIableTable TableTable 1 AnalYSisAnalysis ofof RockRock andand HockRock Products,)Products Flux and Dolomite., Utah 0 " " " Flux and Dolomite, Utah .....O O O O 6 " 0 0 53 vivi ININTRODUCTIOTRODUCTIONN LoLocatiocationn TheThe StansburyStansbury RangeRange isis lolocatecatedd inin thethe easterneastern partpart ofof TooeleTooele CountY9County9 Utah99 inin thethe nnortheasterortheasternn parpartt ofof thethe BasinBasin andand RangRangee ProvinceoProvince« TheThe rangrangee isis 2525 milesmiles longlong andand 2 toto 1010 milesmiles wide.wide. TheThe crestlinecrestline passepassess aboutabout 5 milemiless westwest ofof Grantsville,Grantsville, UtahoUtaho TheThe rangerange isis coconsiderensideredd toto bebe a north=north­ wardward extensionextension ofof thethe Onaqu i MountainsMountains andand isis separatedseparated fromfrom thesthesee mountainsmountains toto thethe southsouth byby a lowlow dividedivide knowknownn asas JohnsonJohnson Pass.Pass. TheThe areaarea coveredcovered byby thisthis rreporeportt (see(see indexindex map)map) isis aa relativelyrelatively smallsmall sectionsection ofof thethe northernnorthern partpart ofof thethe Stans=Stans­ burybury Range.Range. ItIt isis readilyreadily accessibleaccessible fromfrom U,o SoS. HighwayHighway 40-50*f0-50 whichwhich skirtsskirts thethe easterneastern sideside ofof thethe rangrangee northwestnorthwest ofof Grantsville,Grantsville, Utah9~ andand thethe northernorthernn titipp ofof thethe rangerange atat Timpie,Timpie, Utah.Utah. PreviouPreviouss WorkWork andand ExplorationExploration TheThe geologygeology ofof thethe StansburyStansbury RangeRange was·was investigateinvestigated brieflybriefly bbyy thethe pioneeplo~eerr geologistsgeologists ofof Wheeler1u's$ famedfamed surveyssurveys weswestt ofof thethe 100th100th meridianmeridian (1875)(1875) . aan,ndd King 80 s surveysurvey alongalong thethe 40th*fOth parallelparallel (1878)0(I878). InIn l890~I89O9 GoG0 KoK„ Gilbert iss classicalclassical monographmonograph onon LakeLake BonnevilleBonneville waswas publishepublishedd inin whicwhichh hehe in~in­ eludedcluded datadata onon thethe shorelineshoreline featuresfeatures foundfound inin thethe StanStansbursburyy 1 112° - - ./ , , ... \ =:. :. BOX ELDER CO . .••:- ......' ~,,- -- ~ ... - , TOOELE CO. ,:-'" : \ \ \ UOS. S.. HWYHWY. 40 —_ 50 8 0 :::- \ : "\1,, \, ~lIf',II' :: ~~ -:. ";I." \1,, , " , " /111"1 'I I, , II1I :. I, I" "'~~ " SCALESCALE ININ MILESMILES ... , .." ' ... : .. - : ": o 10 20 --,, y u\% r ...," " '! II" .*- /AX ~." I, '" Z V TINT1C « TOOELE CO . "', ',' -: TOOELE- CO--- ~.---- r )- MTNS. \ N JUAJUABB COCO . , ... .0 - ;-~"" '",,\~ '11 t!r~H~CO. I,.. .JUABOUAB COCO. , , = .:-"",\ " .11 : : '1/11"" ',~ INDEXINDEX MAPMAP OFOF NORTHCENTRALNORTHCENTRAL UTAHUTAH SHOWINGSHOWING LOCATIONLOCATION OFOF NORTHERNNORTHERN STANSBURYSTANSBURY AREAREAA ANDAND OTHEROTHER LOCALITIESLOCALITIES REfERREDREFERRED TTOO ININ TEXTTEXT C'''' 1 I: 2 MountainsMountains andand brieflybriefly commentedcommented onon hihiss observationsobservations ofof thethe faultfault structurestructure ofof thethe rangerange.o, R.R. E.E. MarselMarselll madmadee a geologicalgeological reconnaissancreconnaissancee ofof thethe SouthSouth WillowWillow - Mt.Mt. DesertDesert sectionsection ofof thethe southernsouthern parpartt ofof thethe rangerange whicwhichh resultedresulted inin anan unpublishedunpublished reportreport inin 192501925* MoreMore recentlyrecently,, HubertHubert CoCo LambertLambert studiedstudied thethe structurestructure andand ththee stratigraphystratigraphy
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