| Deposit ID | 60000945 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M045472 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Kaiparowits |
| Alternate or previous names | Lower Colorad0 River Placers |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.02133, 37.1106 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | MUCH OF AREA UNSURVEYED. NORTH OF RIVER IS GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND SOUTH OF RIVER IS NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MOUTH OF CATHEDRAL CANYON WHERE JOHNSON (1973) SHOWS PLACER WORKINGS. PLACERS NOW SUBMERGED UNDER LAKE POWELL., ACC URATE WITHIN PLACER REGION |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Juan(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cathedral Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Smoky Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)
National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Kane |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Platinum Critical | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| (1) | -111.02133, 37.1106 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|
QUIRING, HEINRICH, 1962, PLATINMETALLE IN DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE 16 BAND: STUTTGART, FERDINAND ENKE VERLAG, P. 251.
GREGORY, H.E., AND MOORE, R.C., 1931, THE KAIPAROWITS REGION, A GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF PARTS OF UTAH AND ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 164, P. 147-148.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-75 | BLAIR, WILL N. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-91 | PETERSON, JOCELYN A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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