Blakes Lambing Grounds Mineralized Area

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055132
MRDS ID RE00108
Record type Site
Current site name Blakes Lambing Grounds Mineralized Area
Related records 10042271

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.76414, 37.00998 (WGS84)
Elevation 1472
Relative position 13200 FEET S58E FROM BULLDOG PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarvis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 043S 017W 28 SW OF SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GYPSUM BED IS 99% PURE CASO4 AND IS OF PHARMACEUTICAL GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE GRAB SAMPLE FROM A DOZER CUT WAS COLLECTED AND ANALYZED BY HARRIS AND RYAN AND YIELDED THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: 30.0% CAO, 56.32% SO4, .38% SIO2, 20.12% H2O

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Alta Member Of The Kaibab Limestone;
    Rock description Alta Member Of The Kaibab Limestone;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.76414, 37.00998

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Syngenetic, Sedimentary Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Beaver Dam Mountains Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 9 CLOSELY SPACED DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRIS, A.D., AND RYAN, G.S., 1984, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE STARVATION POINT WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA AND WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 27-84.

  • Deposit

    COOK, E.F., 1960, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY: UGMS BULL. 70.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BED OF GYPSUM CROPS OUT OVER A 5 ACRE AREA AND IS ABOUT 5 FEET THICK. GYPSUM BED IS DISCONTINUOUS, FORMING LENSES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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