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The Block

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Dolomite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015574
MRDS ID DB01566
Record type Site
Current site name The Block
Related records 10300058

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.26155, 38.00888 (WGS84)
Elevation 2054
Relative position SOUTH BLOCK 1 1/2 MILES SE OF FIDDLER COVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fiddler Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hanksville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dirty Devil(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 032S 015E 19,20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary

Analytical data

Result 91.2 PERCENT DOLOMITE, 3.8 PERCENT SILICA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Navajo Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.26155, 38.00888
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Flank Monument Upwarp

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BEDDED
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 137.16M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrine Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns/Orange Cliffs

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , P. 160

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A. A., 1946 , GEOLOGY OF THE GREEN RIVER DESERT-CATARACT CANYON REGION, EMERY, WAYNE, AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL. 951 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON UGMS BULL 10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 FOOT BEDS

Reporter information

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

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

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