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Geode Deposit

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011026
MRDS ID D005187
Record type Site
Current site name Geode Deposit
Related records 10155431

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02082, 37.93247 (WGS84)
Elevation 2390
Relative position 4200 FEET NORTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 019W 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Geodes Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.02082, 37.93247
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 3218.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cavities In The Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS ARE PRESENT

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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