South Desert Gypsum

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088140
MRDS ID DB00761
Record type Site
Current site name South Desert Gypsum
Related records 10277012

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.27186, 38.40665 (WGS84)
Elevation 2030
Relative position 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF TORREY, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cathedral Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Capitol Reef National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 006E 04 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.27186, 38.40665

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Waterpocket Fold

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 16.76M
    Length 12874.4M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Capitol Reef Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Trimble, Larry M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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