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Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011206
MRDS ID D005522
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.14219, 38.11469 (WGS84)
Elevation 1811
Relative position 4,500 FEET NE OF BADGER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 011W 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLACK OBSIDIAN PEBBLES, COBBLES, BOULDERS, AND A 5 FOOT THICK BED OCCUR IN A VOLCANIC HOST ROCK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Obsidian Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Horse Valley Formation
    Rock description Horse Valley Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.14219, 38.11469
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike W 30 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SURFACE PROSPECT PIT 5 FEET DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UT. GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1978 GEOLMAP ROWLEY, PETER D., GQ-149

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J. 1979, GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 5 FOOT THICK BED ALONG WITH PEBBLES, COBBLES AND BOULDERS OCCUR IN A VOLCANIC HOST ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

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