| Deposit ID | 10009260 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D002130 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Earth Sciences Pine Valley Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.66332, 38.0483 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1951 |
| Relative position | 13 MI. WNW OF LUND STATION |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bible Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 032S | 016W | 05 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Potassium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Ore |
| Result | USGS X - RAY AND THIN SECTION DATA SUGGEST ORE GRADE ABOUT 30 PERCENT ALUNITE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Rock unit name | Needles Range Formation |
| Rock description | Needles Range Formation |
| (1) | -113.66332, 38.0483 |
|---|
| General form | ELONGATE LENS ALONG NE - TRENDING RIDGE |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 91.44M |
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Width | 609.6M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1970 |
| Discoverer | Earth Sciences, Inc. |
| District name | Bible Spring |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Earth Sciences, Inc. |
| Home office | Golden, Co. |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1975 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002130 |
1958 RECON J. H. MACKIN: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 258
1971 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES INC.: RESULTS UNKNOWN
NO PUB INFO, ONLY PRIVATE COMPANY FILES
1974 RECON R. B. HALL: PROF. PAPER 1076-A
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1975 | Hall, Robert B. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1978 | Starritt, Bruce C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.