Lion Mountain Gypsum

Occurrence in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015326
MRDS ID DB00736
Record type Site
Current site name Lion Mountain Gypsum
Related records 10252468

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.34436, 38.1797 (WGS84)
Elevation 2463
Relative position 3.5 MILES SOUTH OF GROVER UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 005E 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabaster Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Carmel Formation
    Rock description Carmel Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.34436, 38.1797

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Teasdale Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boulder Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE L. M., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Trimble, Larry M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.