White Star Mine, Uinta, Emery Co., Utah, USA
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 39° 4' 54'' North , 110° 56' 57'' West |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 39.08191,-110.94931 |
| GeoHash: | G#: 9wcn769ht |
| Locality type: | Mine |
| Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate |
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| Late Jurassic 145 - 163.5 Ma ID: 2451366 | Salt Wash Sandstone Member of Morrison Formation Age: Jurassic (145 - 163.5 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Salt Wash Sandstone Member Description: Light-gray, thin- to medium-bedded, crossbedded, fine- to coarse-grained, friable quartzose sandstone, and lenticular beds of conglomeratic sandstone and conglomerate. Some interbedded gray and purple mudstone. Stands as low cliff or rounded ledges. About 55 m (180 ft). Reference: Witkin, I.J. Geologic map of the Huntington 30′ x 60′ quadrangle, Carbon, Emery, Grand, and Uintah Counties, Utah. Utah Geological Survey Open-File Report 440D. [66] |
| Late Jurassic 145 - 163.5 Ma ID: 2899720 | Morrison Formation (Brushy Basin and Salt Wash Members) Age: Jurassic (145 - 163.5 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Brushy Basin Member; Salt Wash Member Description: continental environment, braided rivers and streams, overbank mudstones. dinosaur fossils Comments: Original map source: Hintze, L.F., Willis, G.C., Laes, D.Y.M., Sprinkel, D.A., and Brown, K.D., 2000, Digital Geologic Map of Utah: Utah Geological Survey, Map 179DM, scale 1:500,000. Lithology: Major:{sandstone mudstone}, Minor:{conglomerate} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
| Early Jurassic - Late Triassic 174.1 - 237 Ma ID: 3185972 | Mesozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Mesozoic (174.1 - 237 Ma) Lithology: Sandstone-conglomerate Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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