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Flowell Cinder Cone

Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Pumice
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108861
MRDS ID DC14910
Record type Site
Current site name Flowell Cinder Cone

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -112.51427, 38.97297 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tabernacle Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 006W 22,23,26,27 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinders Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -112.51427, 38.97297
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VOLCANIC VENT SURROUNDED BY BASALTIC LAVA. VOLCANIC ASH & CINDER REST ON THE BASALT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION HAS DECLINED SINCE 1956, BUT IS STILL SIGNIFICANT. USED AS A LIGHT-WEIGHT ABRASIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH ENG. EXP. STA. BULL. 101, 1959, P. 81, 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL QUARRIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-74 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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

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