Kanab Creek Road Junction Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015694
MRDS ID DB01822
Record type Site
Current site name Kanab Creek Road Junction Mine
Related records 10299782

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.55105, 37.11443 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position JUST NORTH OF THREE LAKES CANYON, KANAB CREEK CONFLUENCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kanab(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 006W 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC 32

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Sand Ore

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) -112.55105, 37.11443

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Strike NE
    Dip 2 DEG NW
    Thickness 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kanab Creek

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINES ARE IN A SANDSTONE UNIT PRESENT OVER MANY SQUARE MILES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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