Beehive Butte

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Potassium, Magnesite
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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088019
MRDS ID DB00169
Record type Site
Current site name Beehive Butte
Related records 10202938

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.83015, 38.55248 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position POINT LOCATION IS 3.3 MILES NE OF BEEHIVE BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S;025S 019E;018E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT INCLUDES SECTIONS 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 T 26 S R 19 E;ALSO SECTIONS 18 , 19 , 20 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , T 25 S, R 18 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnallite Ore
Sylvite Ore
Anhydrite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Halite Gangue

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 > Carbonate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt
    Rock unit name Paradox Member Of Hermosa Formation
    Rock description Paradox Mbr Of Hermosa Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.83015, 38.55248

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paradox Basin

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 9816.73M
    Width 6598.13M
    Depth to top 1432.56M
    Depth to bottom 2225.04M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chevron

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS IS FROM SYLVITE BEDS. 5 , 13 , AND ESTIMATES OF LOWER BEDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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