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Summerville Gypsum Deposits

Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073183
MRDS ID W019051
Record type Site
Current site name Summerville Gypsum Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.46573, 38.53081 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Flat Tops(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper 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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 013E 36,35,25,26,27,23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UTM SPOT LOCATION OF TYPICAL GYPSUM OUTCROP IN SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 23

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabaster Ore
Anhydrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Summerville Formation
    Rock description Summerville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.46573, 38.53081
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nequoia Arch

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 1609.3M
    Depth to top 45.72M
    Depth to bottom 53.34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO MINING OF THIS DEPOSIT HAS BEEN DONE

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS INTER-BEDDED WITH SILTSTONE AND SHALE AVERAGING ABOUT 50% OF THE DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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