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Petrified Hollow Prospect

Occurrence in Kane 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055112
MRDS ID RE00070
Record type Site
Current site name Petrified Hollow Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20159, 37.10221 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 2.3 MILES S80E FROM SEAMAN POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petrified Hollow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kanab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kanab(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 Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S 004W 02 SW OF SW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PETRIFIED WOOD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle (Petrified Forest Member);Alluvium;
    Rock description Chinle (Petrified Forest Member);Alluvium;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.20159, 37.10221
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N45E
    Dip 2 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Telegraph Flat Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME SURFACE SCRAPINGS IN ALLUVIUM, IN THE AREA, EXPOSING SOME PETRIFIED WOOD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HACKMAN, R.J., 1957, PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP OF BUCKSKIN GULCH SW QUADRANGLE, KANE COUNTY, UTAH, COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-244

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PETRIFIED WOOD IS ERODING OUT OF THE CHINLE FORMATION (PETRIFIED FOREST MEMBER) AND CAN BE COLLECTED FROM THE ALLUVIUM MATERIALS BELOW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1986 Bishop, Charles E. 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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