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Spencer Flat

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015369
MRDS ID DB00881
Record type Site
Current site name Spencer Flat
Related records 10252288

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.37325, 37.7136 (WGS84)
Elevation 1751
Relative position AT BIG SPENCER FLATS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Breaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S;036S 005E;005E 32,33;04,05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PARTS OF SECTIONS; A64 ALSO 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Analytical data

Result CONTAIN 15 PERCENT IRON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Navajo Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.37325, 37.7136
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 2413.95M
    Width 1609.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ground Water Table

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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 And State Of Utah

Comments on the production information

  • FOR SALE AT MANY ROCK SHOPS

Comments on the workings information

  • CONCRETIONS ON SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UGMS FILES

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 107

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON UGMS BULL 107 , P. 156 - 15

  • Production

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLLECTED INTERMITTENTLY BY ROCK SHOPS AND COLLECTORS: AT SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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