Bear Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay
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 10055131
MRDS ID RE00106
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.45772, 37.9747 (WGS84)
Elevation 2091
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 13600 FEET N77W FROM BEAR VALLEY JUNCTION LOCATED T. 33 S, R. 5 W, SECTION 3, Est Within A Radius Of 500 Feet, Est Within A Radius Of 500 Feet, Est Within A Radius Of 500 Feet

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Panguitch NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Sevier(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 005W 06 NW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diabase Ore
Granite Ore
Kaolinite Ore
Quartzite Ore
Rhyolite Ore
Sandstone Ore
Shale Ore
Tuff Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.45772, 37.9747

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description High Plateaus

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bear Creek-Sandy Creek Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO SIGNIFICANT WORKINGS; FEW SMALL CUTS AND PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MOHAMMAD, H., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    LADOO, R.B., AND MYERS, W.M., 1951, NONMETALLIC MINERALS: MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, INC., NY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE OF ROCK FRAGMENTS VARIES FROM 1.0 IN. TO 1.5 FT. THEY ARE MIXED WITH BROWN TO WHITE CALCAREOUS CLAYS. DEPOSIT OCCURS AS DEBRIS ON GENTLE HILL SLOPES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-85 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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