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Marble Hill

Past Producer in Washington 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011006
MRDS ID D005124
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Hill
Related records 10154773

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83581, 37.56608 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 4500 FEET SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF INTERSECTION OF COUNTY 120 & VEYO SHOAL CREEK ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hebron(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 037S 018W 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83581, 37.56608
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 609.6M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.022HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT ON WEST END OF VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CONTAINS MULTICOLOR AGATE OF GEM GRADE

Reporter information

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

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