Moab Canyon Deposit

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Potassium, Magnesite
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088009
MRDS ID DB00144
Record type Site
Current site name Moab Canyon Deposit
Related records 10203181

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.66737, 38.62442 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position POINT LOCATION IS 0.9 MILES SOUTH OF COURT VABM 5701 .

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Bar Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S;025S 020E;021E 23,24,13,18,19,29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO SECTIONS 1 , 2 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 14 T25S R20E; SECTIONS 34 , 28 , 27 , T24S R20E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Halite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.66737, 38.62442

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paradox Basin

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR BLANKET
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 12069.75M
    Width 9012.08M
    Depth to top 1036.32M
    Depth to bottom 2865.12M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sawyer Constr., Texas Gulf, Buttes Resources

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MG ORE WOULD BE DERIVED FROM CARNALITE DEPOSITS

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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