| Deposit ID | 10087994 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00108 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lisbon Valley Potash Area |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.20847, 38.19721 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2073 |
| Relative position | POINT LOCATION IS IN LISBON VALLEY APPROXIMATELY 5.4 MILES NW OF WOODS RANCH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Juan(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lisbon Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)
Upper 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | San Juan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 030S | 025E | 08,07,12 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Potassium | Tertiary |
| Magnesite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnallite | Ore |
| Sylvite | Ore |
| Anhydrite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Halite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt |
| Rock unit name | Paradox Member Of Hermosa Formation |
| Rock description | Paradox Mbr. Of Hermosa Formation |
| (1) | -109.20847, 38.19721 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Lisbon Valley Anticline, Also Area Has Several Faults And Some Flowage |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | Paradox Basin |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 10.67M |
| Length | 13196.26M |
| Width | 12391.61M |
| Depth to top | 1371.6M |
| Depth to bottom | 2651.76M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Bureau Of Land Management And State |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00108 |
RITZMA, HOWARD R., 1969 , POTASH IN THE SAN JUAN PROJECT AREA, UTAH AND COLORADO: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 24 ( PT. 1 )
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT THICKNESS IS ESTIMATE OF SYLVITE LAYERS 5 , 6 , 9 , AND LOWER LAYERS ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE VARIATION. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1978 | Mc Carthy, Blair M. | Bureau of Land Management |
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