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The Sand Hills

Occurrence in Kane county in Utah, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088358
MRDS ID DB01824
Record type Site
Current site name The Sand Hills
Related records 10227521

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60578, 37.1686 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTH OF DIANA'S THRONE AND RED CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Tower(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;042S 006W;007W 07,08;10,11,12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PARTS OF LISTED SECTIONS ONLY; ALSO 9 - 42 S - 7 W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Qat Sand Dunes
    Rock description Qat Sand Dunes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.60578, 37.1686
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TO PINCH AND SWELL - DISCONTINUOUS
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 9253.48M
    Width 1609.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lee Side Of Mountain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kanab Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SURFICIAL DUNES

Reporter information

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

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