Kaiparowits

Prospect in Kane county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Tin, Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000945
MRDS ID M045472
Record type District
Current site name Kaiparowits
Alternate or previous names Lower Colorad0 River Placers

Geographic coordinates

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

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Kane

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.02133, 37.1106

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, HEINRICH, 1962, PLATINMETALLE IN DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE 16 BAND: STUTTGART, FERDINAND ENKE VERLAG, P. 251.

  • Deposit

    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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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