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Cottonwood Canyon Quarry

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10042263
MRDS ID M058724
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonwood Canyon Quarry
Related records 10088969

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.49691, 37.23998 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position 4500 FEET N 37 W FROM THE JUNCTION OF COTTONWOOD CANYON AND BITTER CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harrisburg Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dixie 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 015W 11 SE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STONE QUARRY IN THE NAVAJO SANDSTONE, DIMENSION STONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Entrada and Carmel Formations
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Hingeline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sand Dunes

Comments on the geologic information

  • NAVAJO SANDSTONE IS VERY BROADLY CROSS BEDDED AND IS GENTLY DIPPING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cottonwood Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.548HA
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE PIT ABOUT 250 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 25 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • QUARRY IS INACTIVE. OLD EQUIPMENT STILL PRESENT, INCLUDING A LARGE SPLITTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF GENTLY DIPPING, BROADLY CROSS BEDDED, RED-TAN SANDSTONE OF THE NAVAJO SANDSTONE. EXPLOITED FOR BUILDING STONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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