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Ryan Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078691
MRDS ID W027198
Record type Site
Current site name Ryan Creek Prospect
Related records 10275704

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.12125, 38.87331 (WGS84)
Elevation 1579
Relative position APPROX 3.55 MILES WEST OF THE UTAH - COLORADO BORDER, 6.3 MILES SOUTH - SOUTHWEST OF THE PICTURE GALLERY RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steamboat Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westwater Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 025E 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SECTION 23

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.12125, 38.87331
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG S
    Length 114.3M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Joseph Quinn

Mining district

District name Ryan Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gilbert Daily, Harold Kramer, Gerald Laughter

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SMALL TONNAGE AND HIGH SILICA CONTENT MAKE THIS A POOR PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLOURITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 110 , P. 25

  • Deposit

    1976 COMPILE U.G.M.S. BULL. 11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IS UNDEVELOPED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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