Mayfield Gypsum Deposit

Occurrence in Sanpete county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015517
MRDS ID DB01348
Record type Site
Current site name Mayfield Gypsum Deposit
Related records 10179536

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.73244, 39.1344 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 1.7 MILES NW MAYFIELD POST OFFICE ON STATE ROUTE 137

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sterling(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pitch(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 019S 002E 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATION: NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Arapien Shale
    Rock description Arapien Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.73244, 39.1344

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sanpete Sevier Valley Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faulting, Thrust Faulting

Ore body information

  • Strike N 00 DEG E
    Dip 47 DEG E
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 13.72M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO DOZER CUT ROADS INTO THE OUTCROP AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAX WIDTH REPRESENTS VERTICAL EXTENT OF OUTCROP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Dollar, Robert S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.