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Silica Sand Deposit

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088197
MRDS ID DB01072
Record type Site
Current site name Silica Sand Deposit
Related records 10179190

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.40163, 37.07027 (WGS84)
Elevation 1183
Relative position 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VOLCANO MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S;042S 014W;014W 02,03,10;34,35 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Sand Dunes
    Rock description Sand Dunes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form DUNE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 1609.3M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wind Blown

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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