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Gypsum Deposit

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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 10011280
MRDS ID D005854
Record type Site
Current site name Gypsum Deposit
Related records 10179211

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.64387, 37.27637 (WGS84)
Elevation 1469
Relative position 2800 FEET SOUTHWEST OF PEAK 5144 IN SECTION 24, T 40S, R16W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Veyo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 040S 016W 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.64387, 37.27637
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 1609.3M
    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 Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Diamond Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 10.952HA
    Overall length 762M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF DOZER CUTS ALONG THE GYPSUM OUTCROP IN SECTION 28

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1979, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

Reporter information

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

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