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Escalante

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10088350
MRDS ID DB01797
Record type Site
Current site name Escalante
Related records 10154193

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.56742, 37.75331 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 11700 FEET SE OF ESCALANTE HIGH SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Escalante(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 003E 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Ore
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Carmel Formation
    Rock description Carmel Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.56742, 37.75331
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Escalante Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BEDDED
    Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Thickness 2.87M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Evaporite Basin

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

Ownership information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MODERATE TO STEEP DIPS, TOTAL GYPSUM 40 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. U.S. Geological Survey

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