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Vermilion Cliffs

Past Producer in Kane 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015689
MRDS ID DB01807
Record type Site
Current site name Vermilion Cliffs
Alternate or previous names Nine Mile 1 - 8

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03715, 37.23666 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 5 MILES WEST OF PARIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eightmile Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kanab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Paria(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 002W 20,21,17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jasper Ore
Petrified Wood Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation-Uppermost;Landslides-Chinle Formation
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Uppermost;Landslides-Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03715, 37.23666
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LOGS AND IRREGULAR
    Length 402.33M
    Width 402.33M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Paria

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. T. Wilbur, St Johns Rock Sh.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl Shrum
    Home office Kanab

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 40.47HA
    Overall length 402.33M
    Overall width 402.33M

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER WORK, SEVERAL AREAS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERMITTENTLY OPERATED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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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