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Capitol Reef Gypsum

Occurrence in Wayne 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015317
MRDS ID DB00708
Record type Site
Current site name Capitol Reef Gypsum
Related records 10131134

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.14881, 38.28248 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 5.4 MILES EAST OF FRUITA, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fruita(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Capitol Reef National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 007E 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabaster Ore
Halite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.14881, 38.28248
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 7.62M
    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 Fremont River

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GYPSUM OCCURS IN SEVERAL BEDS, TWO REACH THICKNESSES OF 25 FEET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Trimble, Larry M. U.S. Geological Survey

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