Blind Spring Mountain

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Aluminum
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015462
MRDS ID DB01195
Record type Site
Current site name Blind Spring Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.28799, 37.90915 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position NORTH SLOPE OF BLIND SPG. MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blind Spring Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dixie 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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 04W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Brian Head Group
    Rock description Brian Head Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.28799, 37.90915

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sevier Plateau/Blind Spg. Mtn.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ruland Veater
    Home office Panguitch,Ut.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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