Summerville Gypsum

Occurrence in Emery 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078227
MRDS ID W026445
Record type Site
Current site name Summerville Gypsum
Related records 10250963

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.10908, 38.84164 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bend Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 007E 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATION IS FOR A TYPICAL OUTCROP OF GYPSUM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.10908, 38.84164

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Side Of San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 7.62M
    Depth to bottom 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Rafael Swell

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY BM, 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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