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Petrified Wood Location

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087142
MRDS ID D005247
Record type Site
Current site name Petrified Wood Location
Related records 10179392

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.18079, 37.05499 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position ON LITTLE CREEK MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Creek Mountain(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 043S 012W 01,02,03,04,05,06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ADDITION SECTIONS: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Shinarump Conglomerate, Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Conglomerate, Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.18079, 37.05499
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 9655.8M
    Width 6437.2M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel Sandstone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE NO WORKING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PETRIFIED WOOD IS FOUND SCATTERED ON THE SURFACE WHERE IT WEATHERS OUT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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