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Mcdonald Wash Prospect

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042297
MRDS ID M058825
Record type Site
Current site name Mcdonald Wash Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.91943, 37.81747 (WGS84)
Elevation 1686
Relative position 6,800 FEET N 14 E FROM MODENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Modena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 034S 019W 25 SE OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.91943, 37.81747
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Oroganic Belt, Margin Of Escalante Desert Grab On

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Range Front

Comments on the geologic information

  • CALICHE HORIZON, ABOUT 2 FEET THICK AND 2 FEET BENEATH THE SURFACE, IS EXPOSED IN A FENCED-OFF PROSPECT PIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Modena Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE PIT WHICH IS VERY SHALLOW, LESS THAN 3 FEET DEEP, AND ABOUT 200 FEET IN DIAMETER. MORE LIKE A DOZER SCRAPING

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SAND AND GRAVEL OF ALLUVIAL FAN. ALLUVIAL FAN IS LARGE AND EXTENDS WELL INTO THE ESCALANTE DESERT

Reporter information

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

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