Waterpocket Fold

Occurrence in Garfield 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179200
MRDS ID DB00680
MAS/MILS ID 0490170532
Record type Site
Current site name Waterpocket Fold
Related records 10094734

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -111.01714, 37.85109 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wagon Box Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Capitol Reef National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 034 S 008 E 15 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -111.01714, 37.85109

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner National Park Service
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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