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Big Hollow

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015463
MRDS ID DB01196
Record type Site
Current site name Big Hollow
Related records 10154360

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.49353, 37.90665 (WGS84)
Elevation 2086
Relative position 4 MILES WEST OF BOULDER TOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder Town(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

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 004E 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Ore
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.49353, 37.90665
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticlines And Synclines

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, CONTORTED
    Thickness 4.97M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Evaporite Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boulder Mountain

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCFALL, CAREW C., 1971 , GEOLOGY OF THE ESCALANTE BOULDER AREA, GARFIELD COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, MAP 31 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, HELLMUT H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, BULL. 107 .

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP UGMS MAP 31

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 BEDS, ONE 16.3 FEET, THE OTHER 13.8 FT.; ONLY 52 FT. OF ROCK INTERVAL MEASURED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. U.S. Geological Survey

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