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Geology of the Southern Stansbury Range Tooele County Utah ~+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"~, i UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY I AFFILIATED WITH + i+ + * THE COLLEGE OF MINES AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES .:. i UNIVERSITY OF UTAH I f SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH .r. :t.:. .:- i... :i: * GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN :i:.:- i STANSBURY RANGE i + TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH i by .:- .:..:­ 1 John A. Teichert .:- I.:.. .:. I :i: .:­ -:. -:. i I+ * *.1- *+ t Bulletin 65 May, 1959 i + PRICE $1.50 i + +-:. ~++++++++++++++++~1-++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++~ UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY The Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey was authorized by act of the Utah State Legislature in 1931; however, no funds were made available for its establishment until 1941 when the State Government was reorganized and the Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey was placed within the new State Department of Publicity and Industrial Development where the Survey functioned until July 1, 1949. Effective as of that date, the Survey was trans­ ferred by law to the College of Mines and Mineral Industries, University of Utah. The Utah Code Annotated 1943, Vol. 2, Title 34, as amended by chapter 46 Laws 0/ Utah 1949, provides that the Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey "shall have for its objects": 1. "The collection and distribution of reliable information regarding the mineral resources of the State. 2. "The survey of the geological formations of the State with special ref­ erence to their economic contents, values and uses, such as: the ores of the various metals, coal, oil-shale, hydro-carbons, oil, gas, industrial clays, cement materials. mineral waters and other surface and underground water supplies, mineral fertilizers, asphalt, bitumen, structural materials, road-making ma­ tE,'rials. their kind and availability; and the promotion of the marketing of the mineral products of the State. 3. "The investigation of the kind, amount, and availability of the various mineral substances contained in State lands, with a view of the most effective and profitable administration of such lands for the State. 4. "The consideration of such other scientific and economic problems as, in the judgment of the Board of Regents, should come within the field of the Survey. 5. "Cooperation with Utah state bureaus dealing with related subjects, with the United States Geological Survey and with the United States Bureau of Mines, in their respective functions including field investigations, and the preparation, publication, and distribution of reports and bulletins embodying the results of the work of the Survey. 6. "The preparation, publication, distribution and sale of maps, reports and bulletins embodying the results of the work of the Survey. The collection and establishment of exhibits of the mineral resources of Utah. 7. "Any income from the sale of maps and reports or from gifts or from other sources for the Survey shall be turned over to the State Treasurer and credited by him to a fund to be known as the Survey Fund to be used under the direction of the Director of the Survey for publication of maps, bulletins or other reports of investigation of the Geological and Mineralogical Survey." The Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey has published maps, cir­ culars, and bulletins as well as articles in popular and scientific magazines. For a partial list of these, see the closing pages of this publication. For other information concerning the geological and mineralogical resources of Utah address: ARTHUR L. CRAWFORD, Director UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY College of Mines and Mineral Industries University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah ~++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"~ '*' + ~ UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY i i AFFILIATED WITH .... '*' THE COLLEGE OF MINES AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES ::: • !+ : UNIVERSITY OF UTAH i i SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH i i ! i GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN i I STANSBURY RANGE I TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH i + by + John A. Teichert i'*' i ! ,:I: i~ Bulletin 65 May, 1959 I+ Copyright 1959, University of Utah i i ~++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++~, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH A. RAY OLPIN, PH.D., President BOARD OF REGENTS WILLIAM J. O'CONNOR • . Chairman SPENCER S. ECCLES V ice-Chairman LEON D. GARRETT • Secretary GEORGE S. ECCLES • Treasurer CLARENCE BAMBERGER • • . Member ROYDEN G. DERRICK · Member RICHARD L. EVANS . • Member GEORGE M. FISTER, M.D. • • Member LELAND B. FLINT ••. Member THORPE B. ISAACSON · . Member J. GRANT IVERSON • • • • • • President of Alumni Association Ex-officio Member RENDELL N. MABEY. • · Member ORRICE C. MCSHANE . • • Member MRS. A. U. MINER • • . Member NICHOLAS G. MORGAN, JR. ••• Member A. RAY OLPIN • President of the University of Utah Ex-officio Member LAMONT F. TORONTO. • • Secretary of State Ex-officio Member COLLEGE OF MINES AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES ARMAND J. EARDLEY, PH.D., Dean UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY ADVISORY BOARD JAMES W. WADE . Chairman CARL J. CHRISTENSEN · Member ARMAND J. EARDLEY • · • Member CLAUDE P. HEINER Member MILES P. ROMNEY • .•••. Member HERBERT A. WAITE • Member J. STEWART WILLIAMS • Member STAFF ARTHUR L. CRAWFORD . · Director DONALD G. PRINCE. Assistant Geologist and Chief Draftsman ELIZABETH V. LARSON . Editorial Assistant ROSEMARY JANSEN. o ffice Manager and Secretary MARY ANN GREAVES . Bookkeeper KATHRYN COULAM • Assistant Manuscript Typist JOANN DESPAIN . Manuscript Typist GERRELD L. PULSIPHER • · Draftsman JUDITH SEVER Order Clerk KENNETH THOMSON • Curator) Library of Samples for Geologic Research EVELYN WILSON • . Inventory Clerk CON TEN T S Page FOREWORD •••••••••••••• 0 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 5 ABSTRACT •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7 INTRODUCTION •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 9 Location ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 9 Climate and Vegetation ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 9 Previous Work and Exploration •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 10 Pu rp 0 s e •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 •••••••••• 0 10 Fie Id W0 r k •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 •• 11 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS •••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 ••••••••••••••••••• 11 STRATIGRA.PHY ••••••••• 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13 Cambrian System •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 13 Tintic Quartzite •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 18 Ophir Group ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 18 Swasey Limestone •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 20 Wheeler Formation ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 21 Marjum Formation •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 22 Cole Canyon Dolomite •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 23 Upper Cambrian Undifferentiated ••••••••••••••••••• 23 Ordovician System •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 27 GardenKanosh CityShale...................................... Formation ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2829 Fish Haven Do1omite ••••••••• o ••••••••••••••••••••• 31 Silurian System ••••••••••••••••••• o •••••••••••••••••••• 32 Laketown Dolomite ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 32 Devonian System •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 33 Sevy Dolomite ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 34 Simonson Dolomite ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 35 Stansbury-Pinyon Peak Formation ••••••••••••••••••• 36 Mississippian System ••••••••••••••••••• o •••••••••••••• o 38 Madison Limestone ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 39 Pine Canyon Limestone ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 42 Humbug Formation •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 43 Great Blue Limestone •••••••••••••••••• o ••••••••••• 44 Manning Canyon Shale •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 47 Pennsylvanian System................................... 48 Oquirrh Formation ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 48 Quaternary System •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 57 Landslide Deposits •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 57 Pre-Lake Bonneville Fan Gravels ••••••••••••••••••• 57 Lake Bonneville beds •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 57 Creep and Glacial Debris •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 57 Re c en t • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 58 Sand Dune s. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 58 Alluvium •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 58 STRUCTURE o ••••••••••• • •• ••••• ••••••••••• ••• •••••••• ••••••••• 59 GeneralStansbury Setting........................................ Range........................................ 6059 Fa Id s ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 • • • • • 60 Deseret Anticline •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 60 Clover Syncline •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 60 Deadman Anticline •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 61 -3- Unconformities .000.000.0.0000.000000000.0 •• 0.0.0. 61 Pre-Upper Ordovician Unconformityo ••• oo...... 61 Pre-Mississippian Unconformity............... 62 Post-Madison Unconformit~................... 62 Pre-Des Moines Unconformity ••••• ooo ••••••• oo. 62 Orogenic Historyoo.o •• o •••• o ••••••• ooo............ 63 Lsramide Orogeny............................. 63 Basin Range Orogeny.......................... 64 ECONOMIC PRODUCTS •••••••••••••••••••• 00': ••• 000 •••••••••••••• 65 Mine Prospects 00 •••• 0.0000000.0 •• 00.0 •• 0 •• 0 •• 00 •••••• 0. 65 Sand and Gravel ••••• o.o •• o •• oooo •• o •• oooo •• oooo •• o.o.... 65 Timber ••••• o ••••• oo •• oo ••••• oo •• o.oooooo •••• o •••• o ••••• o 65 Watershed •• ~ ••••••• o.o •.•.••••••. o••••••.••. oo •••• o.... 65 INDEX. 0 •• 0 0 0 • 0 •••••• 0 • 0 •• 0 •• 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 •• 0 •• 0 0 0 •• Q • 0 • 0 •••• 0 0. • 0 0 • • 73 ILL U S T RAT ION S Frontispiece. 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