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Crotons Prospect

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042098
MRDS ID M058368
Record type Site
Current site name Crotons Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.48521, 39.85828 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position 5,100 FT S 40 W OF CEDAR KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indianola(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 004E 16 NW OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WHITE COATING ALONG FRACTURES ASSUMED TO BE GYPSUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Arapien Shale
    Rock description Arapien Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.48521, 39.85828
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Indianola Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE COLLAPSED ADIT APPROXIMATELY 25 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MASE, R.E., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE INDIANOLA EMBAYMENT, SANPELE AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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