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Meskin Bar

Past Producer in Kane county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015561
MRDS ID DB01493
Record type Site
Current site name Meskin Bar
Related records 10179442

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.24518, 37.02278 (WGS84)
Elevation 969
Relative position SUBMERGED IN LAKE POWELL 6 MILES BELOW MOUTH OF WEST CANYON CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gregory Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smoky Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S 006E 34 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AU FLAKES 0.960 FINE, CONTAIN MINOR AMOUNTS PT AND AG.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.24518, 37.02278
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government

Comments on the workings information

  • SUBMERGED UNDER LAKE POWELL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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