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Bueaty Knoll Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010997
MRDS ID D005112
Record type Site
Current site name Bueaty Knoll Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.94776, 37.43886 (WGS84)
Elevation 1896
Relative position 2300 FT. SSW OF GREEK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstrike(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038S 019W 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Halloysite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tertiary volcanic rocks, undivided
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 35 DEG NE
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unorganized

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.066HA
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD A.L. & A.M. BURANEK, 1948, HALLOYSITE OF AGALMATOLITE TYPE, BULL VALLEY DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: DEPT OF PUBLICITY & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, RAW MATERIALS DIVISION

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN #35 12P.

  • Deposit

    GUNNELL, FRANK H., 1943, BUEATY KNOLL ALUNITE DEPOSIT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, UNPUBLISHED WAR MINERALS REPORT.

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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