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Cremate Canyon Quartzite

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Quartz
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055160
MRDS ID RE00192
Record type Site
Current site name Cremate Canyon Quartzite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.98806, 39.77494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 3.3 MI S 60 W OF RED MOUNTAIN PEAK 11588.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ibapah Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 019W 16 NE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE IS WHITE AND VITREOUS, BUT IS LOCALLY IRON-STAINED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE: SIO2 97.6%, AL2O3 0.56%, FE 1.50%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.98806, 39.77494
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1980
Discoverer Satkoski And Sokaski

Mining district

District name Spring Creek District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SATKOSKI, JACK J. AND SOKASKI, MICHAEL, 1980, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION, NEVADA AND UTAH: REPORT BIA NO. 13-11, P. 32,33, PLATE 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP COVERS ABOUT 16 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1988 Mayes, Bea Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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