| Deposit ID | 10015563 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB01502 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Croton and Sunday Canyons |
| Related records | 10276152 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.30102, 37.32277 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1646 |
| Relative position | ON CLIFFS ABOVE ROGERS AND SUNDAY CANYONS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Kane(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
East of the Navajo(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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Kane |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 040S;040S | 005E;006E | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Tertiary |
| Zirconium Critical | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Zircon | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Result | TIO2 12.4 - 27.4 PERCENT, ZRO2 2.8 - 8.6 PERCENT, IRON 10.4 - 18.9 PERCENT, ETHO2 .09 TO .10 PERCENT - 3 SAMPLES, 40 LBS. EACH |
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| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Straight Cliffs Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Straight Cliffs Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.30102, 37.32277 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Croton Syncline |
| General form | LARGE LENSES |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 176.78M |
| Width | 146.3M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Kaiparowits Plateau |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Escalante Titanium Corp. |
| Home office | Eau Claire, Wisc. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. L. Davis |
| Home office | Escalante |
| First year | 1961 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB01502 |
SRC.REF: DOW AND BATTY, 1961 , P. 46
DOW, V. T., AND BATTY, V. J., 1961 , RECONNAISSANCE OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, WYO., NEW MEX., AND COLO.: US BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 5860
1961 RECON US BUREAU OF MINES, R. I. 586
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 12 INDIVIDUAL DEPOSITS LOCATED, IN DEEPEST PART OF DOUBLY PLUNGING SYNCLINE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1978 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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