Pine Creek

Occurrence in Garfield 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015467
MRDS ID DB01220
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Creek
Related records 10300189

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.65159, 37.88804 (WGS84)
Elevation 2121
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES SE OF POSY LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Posy Lake(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)

Box-Death Hollow Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 002E 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

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 > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Carmel Formation
    Rock description Carmel Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.65159, 37.88804

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Escalante Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Strike NORTH
    Dip WEST
    Thickness 2.87M
    Length 8046.5M
    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 Escalante

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MODERATE DIPS, THICKER BEDS MAYBE PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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