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Spring Canyon Potash

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodity Potassium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090969
MRDS ID DB00170
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Canyon Potash
Related records 10275770

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.96071, 38.68165 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position POINT LOCATION IS NEAR THE HEAD OF SPRING CANYON 3.3 MILES NW OF DEADMAN SPRING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dubinky Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S;024S 017E;018E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO EAST SIDE OF T 24 S, R 16 E; NE CORNER OF T 25 S, R 16 E; T 25 S, R 17 E; T 25 S, R 18 E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnallite Ore
Sylvite Ore
Anhydrite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Halite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt
    Rock unit name Paradox Member Of Hermosa Formation
    Rock description Paradox Mbr Of Hermosa Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.96071, 38.68165
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paradox Basin

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 22.86M
    Length 24461.36M
    Width 17219.51M
    Depth to top 1310.64M
    Depth to bottom 2499.36M

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 Texas Gulf Sulphur

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS BASED ON SYLVITE LAYERS 5 , 6 , 13 , AND ESTIMATES OF LOWER LAYERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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