Black Knoll Cinder Deposit

Past Producer in Kane county in Utah, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aggregate, Light Weight
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088210
MRDS ID DB01136
Record type Site
Current site name Black Knoll Cinder Deposit
Related records 10300093

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51271, 37.30277 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position AT BLACK KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glendale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kanab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kanab(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 Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 040S 006W 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER SECTION 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Aggregate, Light Weight Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Basalt
    Rock description Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.51271, 37.30277

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CONE
    Thickness 76.2M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 609.6M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Volcano

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAPPED AS QUATERNARY, MAY BE LATE TERTIARY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kanab Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT 50 X 50 X 50 PLUS SEVERAL TEST TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THIS REVIEW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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