Twin Ponds Gypsum Prospect

Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095633
MRDS ID M058680
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Ponds Gypsum Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.10019, 38.87691 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position 2,500 FT S 85 E OF TWIN PONDS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Short Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 007E 26 NW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.10019, 38.87691

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Molen Reef Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ORKILD, P.P., 1956, PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EMERY 1 QUADRANGLE, EMERY CO., UTAH: USGS MAP I-166

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.