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East Section 27 Prospect

Occurrence in Washington 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. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055111
MRDS ID RE00064
Record type Site
Current site name East Section 27 Prospect
Related records 10042265

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.41136, 37.19248 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 7550 FEET S44W FROM HARRISBURG

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

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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 014W 27 SE OF SW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCATTERED PETRIFIED WOOD SAMPLES PRESENT ON HILLSIDE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Petrified Wood Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Wood

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Lower Chinle;
    Rock description Lower Chinle;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Highline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channels

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO OUTCROPS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Reef District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE SMALL DOZER CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 44

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCATTERED SAMPLES OF PETRIFIED WOOD OCCUR ON THE SURFACE WHICH ARE SUITABLE FOR COLLECTING

Reporter information

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

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