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Grand Castle Prospect

Past Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011176
MRDS ID D005478
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Castle Prospect
Related records 10179087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.77496, 37.78915 (WGS84)
Elevation 2246
Relative position 2350 FT. S. OF GRAND CASTLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parowan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(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)

Federal lands

Dixie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 008W 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINE BEDDED, EVEN-TEXTURED SANDSTONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Iron Springs Formation
    Rock description Iron Springs Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 335.28M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.012HA
    Overall length 13.72M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ROCK HAS APPARENTLY BEEN MINED IN A LIMITED AREA OF THE OUTCROP. THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL TIPPLE-LIKE STRUCTURE AND A SMALL EXCAVATED AREA. AT ONE TIME IT COULD HAVE PRODUCED A LIMITED AMOUNT OF SILICA MATERIAL USED IN THE SMELTING OF IRON ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATIONS

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Wilberg, Dale E. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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