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Swag

Occurrence in Kane 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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088282
MRDS ID DB01494
Record type Site
Current site name Swag
Related records 10276039

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06354, 37.32166 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Relative position 1 MILE SE OF POTTERS BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Range Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kanab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Paria(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 040S 002W 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW, NE NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SEC. 19

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASHTRAYS, ORNEMENTAL ROCKS, AQUARIUM ROCKS CONVERSATION PIECES, PICTURE ROCK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Navajo Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06354, 37.32166
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike E W
    Dip 2 DEG S
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fossil Ground Water Tables

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Paria

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THIS REVIEW

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULARLY COVERS SEVERAL SQUARE MILES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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