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Geologic units in Tooele county, Utah

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Mississippian (2) sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Mississippian) at surface, covers 1.0 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; sandstone; dolostone (dolomite); shale

Cambrian quartzite in western Utah (Early Cambrian) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Lithology: arenite; conglomerate

Quaternary mud and salt flats (Holocene) at surface, covers 36 % of this area

Lithology: mud flat; playa

Devonian sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Devonian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; sandstone; dolostone (dolomite)

Mississippian (1) carbonate rocks in western Utah (Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

Lithology: limestone

Limestone and sparse dolomite, siltstone, and sandstone (Mississippian to Early Permian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

LIMESTONE AND SPARSE DOLOMITE, SILTSTONE, AND SANDSTONE-Includes units such as undivided Riepe Spring Limestone of Steele (1960) and Ely Limestone or their equivalent in Elko, White Pine, and northern Lincoln Counties and most of the Bird Spring Formation and Callville Limestone in Clark and southern Lincoln Counties. Includes some stratigraphically higher Permian rocks in Leppy Peak, easternmost Elko County.

Lithology: limestone; sandstone; siltstone; chert; shale; dolostone (dolomite); conglomerate

Miocene andesites (Tertiary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: andesite

Oligocene volcanic rocks (Late Eocene to Oligocene) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

Lithology: dacite; rhyolite; andesite; basalt

Permian (2) sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Permian) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

Lithology: carbonate; fine-grained mixed clastic; chert

Permian (1) sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Early Permian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; limestone

Quaternary Lake Bonneville deposits (Quaternary) at surface, covers 23 % of this area

Lithology: clay or mud; sand; gravel; silt

Permian (1) sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Early Permian) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; carbonate; fine-grained mixed clastic; evaporite

Tuffaceous sedimentary rocks (Late Eocene to Late Miocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

TUFFACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS-Locally includes minor amounts of tuff

Lithology: sandstone; limestone; siltstone; conglomerate; mudstone; dolostone (dolomite); felsic volcanic rock; intermediate volcanic rock; mafic volcanic rock; tuff

Jurassic intrusive rocks in western Utah (Jurassic) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

Lithology: granodiorite; monzodiorite; monzonite; quartz monzonite; diorite; granite; aplite

Pliocene and Quaternary alluvial material (Pliocene to Quaternary) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Lithology: alluvium

Cambrian quartzite in central Utah (Early to Middle Cambrian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: arenite; conglomerate

Older Quaternary alluvial deposits (Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: alluvium

Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Mississippian to Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; chert

Silurian carbonate rocks in western Utah (Silurian) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); chert

Cretaceous (2) sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Late Cretaceous) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; mudstone; conglomerate

Miocene rhyolites (Middle to Late Miocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: rhyolite; dacite

Pennsylvanian and Permian sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Pennsylvanian to Permian) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; limestone

Andesite and related rocks of intermediate composition (Late Eocene to Middle Eocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

ANDESITE AND RELATED ROCKS OF INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION-Flows and breccias

Lithology: andesite; latite

Quaternary glacial deposits (Quaternary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: glacial drift

Ordovician sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Ordovician) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite)

Ordovician sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Ordovician) at surface, covers 0.8 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; fine-grained mixed clastic; sandstone; dolostone (dolomite)

Tertiary (4) sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Middle Miocene to Late Pliocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: medium-grained mixed clastic; alluvium; limestone; pyroclastic

Mississippian (2) sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; sandstone; mudstone; phosphorite

Younger Precambrian metamorphic rocks in western Utah (Precambrian) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

Lithology: conglomerate; metamorphic rock

Triassic (2) sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Late Triassic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: shale; siltstone; sandstone; conglomerate; basalt

Mississippian (3) sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Mississippian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: shale; limestone

Tertiary intrusive rocks in western Utah (Late Eocene to Early Miocene) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: granodiorite; granite; quartz monzonite; quartz diorite

Mississippian (3) sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; black shale; limestone

Tertiary intrusive rocks in central Utah (Late Eocene to Oligocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: granodiorite; monzonite; quartz monzonite; monzodiorite; granite; diorite; quartz diorite; quartz monzodiorite

Middle Cambrian shale and carbonate rocks in central Utah (Middle Cambrian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); limestone; shale

Pliocene basalts (Pliocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: basalt; rhyolite

Alluvial deposits (Quaternary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS-Locally includes beach and sand dune deposits

Lithology: alluvium; mass wasting; dune sand; lake or marine deposit (non-glacial)

Quaternary eolian deposits (Quaternary) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Lithology: eolian

Upper Cambrian carbonate rocks in central Utah (Middle Cambrian to Early Ordovician) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); limestone; shale; chert

Triassic (2) sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Middle to Late Triassic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: mudstone; siltstone; sandstone; conglomerate; evaporite

Granitic rocks (Jurassic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

GRANITIC ROCKS-Mostly quartz monzonite and granodiorite

Lithology: quartz monzonite; granodiorite; granite; monzonite; quartz diorite; peraluminous granite

Quaternary alluvium and colluvium (Quaternary) at surface, covers 14 % of this area

Lithology: alluvium; colluvium

Pennsylvanian and Permian sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Pennsylvanian to Permian) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; limestone; medium-grained mixed clastic

Precambrian intrusive rocks in western Utah (Precambrian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: granitoid

Quaternary rhyolites (Quaternary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: rhyolite

Older Precambrian metamorphic rocks in western Utah (Precambrian) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: metamorphic rock

Rhyolitic flows and shallow intrusive rocks (Middle Miocene to Late Miocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

RHYOLITIC FLOWS AND SHALLOW INTRUSIVE ROCKS

Lithology: rhyolite; dacite; trachyte

Quaternary marshes (Holocene) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Lithology: biogenic sediment

Upper Cambrian carbonate rocks in western Utah (Middle Cambrian to Early Ordovician) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite); shale

Miocene volcanic rocks (Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: ash-flow tuff; basalt

Cretaceous (3) sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Late Cretaceous) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; siltstone; conglomerate

Mississippian (1) carbonate rocks in central Utah (Late Devonian to Mississippian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite)

Devonian sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Devonian to Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.7 % of this area

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); limestone; siltstone; mudstone

Tertiary (4) sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Middle Miocene to Late Pliocene) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Lithology: coarse-grained mixed clastic; alluvium; pyroclastic; basalt; evaporite

Middle Cambrian shale and carbonate rocks in western Utah (Middle Cambrian) at surface, covers 0.8 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; shale; dolostone (dolomite); argillite