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Unknown Obsidian Mine

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Pumice
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010575
MRDS ID D004356
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Obsidian Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.83052, 38.78357 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Relative position 4400 FT. NW OF PEAK 5621; NW 1/4 OF SECTION 36.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cruz(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Beaver(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 009W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Obsidian Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.83052, 38.78357
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 167.64M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Rock

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UT GEOL & MIN SURV: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 79 (REF #1)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECENT ACTIVITY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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