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Onion Creek Gypsum Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078711
MRDS ID W027241
Record type Site
Current site name Onion Creek Gypsum Deposit
Related records 10179365

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.26125, 38.69665 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 2.5 MILES SE OF FISHER TOWERS, 0.7 MILES EAST OF STINKING SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fisher Towers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(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 024S 024E 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 OF SEC. 22 (UNSURVEYED); POINT LOCATION IS TYPICAL OUTCROP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Paradox Formation
    Rock description Paradox Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.26125, 38.69665
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Salt Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS ON THIS DEPOSIT

Reference information

Reporter information

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

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