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Granite Knolls South

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Chromium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015577
MRDS ID DB01571
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Knolls South
Related records 10129970

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.41328, 38.08469 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Relative position SW OF GRANITE VALLEY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fremont Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 005W 22,27,28 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLES OF CHROMIUM MINERAL = 0.13 AND 0.22 PERCENT CR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Spry Stock
    Rock description Spry Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.41328, 38.08469
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dog Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ruland Veater
    Home office Panguitch,Ut.

Comments on the production information

  • OWNER CLAIMS SMALL AMOUNT OF METAL MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN 1917 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ALMOST 50 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , P. 141

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 107

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP UGMS-DOELLING, 1975 , P. 14

  • Production

    DOELLING, H. H., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY A VEIN, MINERALIZATION IS INACCESSIBLE

Reporter information

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

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