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Montezuma Mine

Past Producer in Kane county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015692
MRDS ID DB01815
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma Mine
Related records 10179565

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34744, 37.2136 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position JUST EAST OF LEFT FORK - RIGHT FORK COTTONWOOD CANYONS CONFLUENCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kanab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kanab(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower 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 Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 04W 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34744, 37.2136
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Strike E-W
    Dip 2 DEG N
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Johnson Canyon

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 - 3 ADITS, SHALLOW SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    DOELLING, H. H., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND-BEARING FM EXTENDS FOR MANY SQUARE MILES AROUND MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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