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Red Wash Gypsum Occurrence

Occurrence in Kane 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055120
MRDS ID RE00092
Record type Site
Current site name Red Wash Gypsum Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.32355, 37.2886 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 10,500 FEET S20W OF CARLY KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skutumpah Creek(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 040S 04W 33 NW OF NW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Carmel (Gypsiferous Member);
    Rock description Carmel (Gypsiferous Member);
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.32355, 37.2886
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Red Wash Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODE, H.D., 1973, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGY MAP OF THE SKUTUMPAH CREEK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP MF-521

  • Deposit

    GREGORY, H.E., 1951, THE GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF PAUNSAUGUNT REGION, UTAH: USGS PP. 226

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W.L., 1963, TRIASSIC AND JURASSIC FORMATIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN UTAH, IN HEYLMUN, E.B. (ED), GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWESTERN UTAH: INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS, TWELFTH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE.

  • Deposit

    WITHINGTON, C.F., 1967, GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE, IN UGMS (ED.), MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 73, P. 177-185.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1986 Bishop, Charles E. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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