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Swallow Canyon Siliceous Tuff Deposit

Occurrence in Daggett county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011419
MRDS ID D006242
Record type Site
Current site name Swallow Canyon Siliceous Tuff Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.0896, 40.83163 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position BOTH SIDES GREEN RIVER NEAR SWALLOW CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swallow Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(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 Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N;002N 025E;025E 09,10;32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PARTS OF ABOVE SECTIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tuff Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Browns Park Formation
    Rock description Browns Park Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.0896, 40.83163
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crouse Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT CO.: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 66, 116

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST, UT. GEOL AND MINER. SURV.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST, UT. GEOL AND MINER. SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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