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Mammoth Creek

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015578
MRDS ID DB01574
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth Creek
Related records 10178409

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.46578, 37.62165 (WGS84)
Elevation 2179
Relative position 1/2 MILE EAST OF PANGUITCH FISH HATCHERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

George Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(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

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 037S 005W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SECTION 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aragonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.46578, 37.62165
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 36.58M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Markagunt/Hatch

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 , P. 158

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON UGMS, BULL. 107 P. 15

  • Production

    DOELLING, H. H., 1978

Reporter information

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

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