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Chert Collecting Locality

Occurrence in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Quartz
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096513
MRDS ID W027681
Record type Site
Current site name Chert Collecting Locality
Related records 10202819

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.38402, 38.31138 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Relative position 1.1 MILES EAST OF LA-SAL JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Sal Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 023E 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: 1/4 NW, 1/4 SW, 1/4 NW SEC. 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Summerville Formation
    Rock description Summerville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.38402, 38.31138
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS A HORIZON WHICH EXTENDS FOR SEVERAL MILES. LOCATION OF THIS CARD IS GOOD COLLECTING LOCALITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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