Moses Rock Deposit

Occurrence in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Garnet
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078938
MRDS ID W027661
Record type Site
Current site name Moses Rock Deposit
Related records 10129935

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -109.80368, 37.6236 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Long Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan-Four Corners(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S 020E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IN UNSURVEYED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -109.80368, 37.6236

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SCATTERED PODS
    Length 2743.2M
    Width 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Volcanic Pipe

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS REPORTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIERSCH, G. A., 1955 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAVAJO-HOPI RESERVATIONS, ARIZ-UTAH, VOL. II, NON-METTALLIC MINERALS: UNIV OF ARIZ PRESS, TUCSON

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GARNETS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DIATREME STRUCTURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-77 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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