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Hells Backbone

Occurrence in Garfield 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. 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 10088172
MRDS ID DB00882
Record type Site
Current site name Hells Backbone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.58575, 37.95942 (WGS84)
Elevation 2487
Relative position 1 MILE SE OF HELLS BACKBONE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roger Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dixie 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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 003E 05 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Ore
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.58575, 37.95942
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 8.2M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Evaporite Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boulder Mtn.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 30 - 40 FT. OF GYPSUM ON AT LEAST 5 SQUARE MILES, NEAR SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCFALL, C. C., 1971 , GEOLOGY OF ESCALANTE-BOULDER AREA, GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY MAP 31 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 .

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON UGMS, BULL 107 , P. 146 - 14

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICK DEPOSITS OF GYPSUM OCCUR EVERYWHERE ON THE QUADRANGLE WHEREVER THE UPPER CARMEL FM IS EXPOSED STRIKE AND DIP VARIES ACROSS QUADRANGLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. U.S. Geological Survey

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