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Escalante-Alvey-Gypsum

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015476
MRDS ID DB01248
Record type Site
Current site name Escalante-Alvey-Gypsum
Related records 10299993

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.55853, 37.74193 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dave Canyon(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 003E 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • POINT ON OUTCROP GIVEN AS LOCATION, OUTCROP TRACE EXTENDS 4 1/2 MILES.

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 > 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) -111.55853, 37.74193
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-BLANKET
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 7 DEG SW
    Thickness 38.1M
    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 BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management And State Of Utah

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREGORY, H. E., AND MOORE, R. C., 1931 , THE KAIPAROWITS REGION, A GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF PARTS OF UTAH AND ARIZONA: USGS PP. 164 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOLMAP GREGORY AND MOORE, PP. 164 .

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON UGMS - BULL. 107 , P. 146 - 149 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GYPSUM & GYPSIFEROUS SHALE 85 FT.; THIN BEDDED SANDSTONE OR SANDY SHALE, CALCAREOUS 24 FT.; SHALE, CALCAREOUS AND THIN SANDY LIMESTONE 12 FT.; GYPSUM 45 FT.; SANDSTONE NOT MEASURED.
Deposit GYPSUM AND GYPSIFEROUS SHALE

Reporter information

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

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