Bulldog Claims

Occurrence in Washington 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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055122
MRDS ID RE00095
Record type Site
Current site name Bulldog Claims
Related records 10042270

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.80359, 37.02804 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position 200 FEET S45W OF BULLDOG PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarvis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S 017W 19 SE OF NW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GYPSUM DEPOSIT IS OF THE CONCRETE-WALLBOARD GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Analytical data

Result A 4-FOOT CHIP SAMPLE COLLECTED ACROSS BEDDING IN A ROAD CUT WAS ANALYZED BY HARRIS AND RYAN AND YIELDED THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: 29.3% CAO, 44.62% SO4, .17% AL2O3, 1.80% SIO2, 15.54% H20

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Callville Limestone;
    Rock description Callville Limestone;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.80359, 37.02804

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Syngenetic Deposition In Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Beaver Dam Mountains Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS. UNIT EXPOSED BY A ROAD CUT

Comments on development

  • 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COMPRISE THE PROPERTY. GYPSUM UNIT EXPOSED IN ROAD CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRIS, A.D., AND RYAN, G.S., 1984, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE STARVATION POINT WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA AND WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 27-84

  • Deposit

    COOK, E.F., 1960, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY: UGMS BULL. 70

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GYPSUM-BEARING UNIT CROPS OUT OVER A 200 ACRE AREA AROUND BULLDOG PASS AND IS BETWEEN 20 AND 50 FEET THICK. GYPSUM UNIT LIES AT THE TOP OF THE CALLVILLE LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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