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Bottle Sand Mine

Past Producer in Kane county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088357
MRDS ID DB01821
Record type Site
Current site name Bottle Sand Mine
Related records 10275607

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.55966, 37.11166 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position IN WEST SIDE CANYON TO THREE LAKES CANYON, 3/4 MILE WEST OF THREE LAKES CANYON - KANAB CREEK CONFLUENCE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kanab(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 042S 006W 31 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Limonitization

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) -112.55966, 37.11166
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Strike NE
    Dip 2 DEG NW
    Thickness 5.49M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crossbeds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kanab Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    DOELLING, H. H., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

Reporter information

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

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