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Braffit Ridge Silica

Past Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087104
MRDS ID D005132
Record type Site
Current site name Braffit Ridge Silica
Related records 10130470

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.83579, 37.74304 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 2300 FT. N BY W OF BRIAN HEAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brian Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(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)

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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 009W 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SW 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL OPERATION LOCATED IN A LAYER OF FINE GRAINED SANDSTONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Kaiparowits Formation
    Rock description Kaiparowits Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.83579, 37.74304
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-BLANKET
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 152.4M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beachface-Shoreface

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.009HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL EXCAVATION AREA AND A CRUDE LOADING CHUTE. MATERIAL WAS USED AS A FLUX IN THE IRON PRODUCTION OF YESTER YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Wilberg, Dale E. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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