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Calf Creek - Tizr

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015475
MRDS ID DB01247
Record type Site
Current site name Calf Creek - Tizr

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60825, 37.68082 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES UP CALF CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dave Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036S 003E 17 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Zircon Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result UPPER 6 FT: 13.4 PERCENT TIO2, 6.5 PERCENT ZRO2 0.09 PERCENT THO2 . LOWER 6 FT: 24.1 PERCENT TIO2 , 18.1 PERCENT ZRO2 , 0.15 PERCENT THO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name John Henry Member Straight Cliffs Formation
    Rock description John Henry Mbr. Straight Cliffs Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.60825, 37.68082
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East Flank Alvey Syncline.

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fossil Beach Sand

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kaiparowits Plateau

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PERHAPS A FEW TONS FOR TESTING PURPOSES.

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE BULLDOZING SCATTERED IN MANY AREAS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOW, V. T., AND BATTY, J. V., 1961 , RECONNAISSANCE OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO, AND COLORADO: USBM REPT. INV. 5860 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 .

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON USBM RI 5860 .

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON USMS - BULL. 107 , P. 144 - 146 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 - 6 FT. LENSES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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