Arsenic Deposits

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Arsenic
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021259
MRDS ID DC15399
Record type Site
Current site name Arsenic Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.88637, 37.38248 (WGS84)
Relative position IN ARSENIC GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstrike(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 039S 018W 20 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Orpiment Ore
Realgar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.88637, 37.38248

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goldstrike District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111 , P. 598

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-24-1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN SANDY SEDIMENTS IN A BRECCIA ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1994 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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