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Sanford Creek

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Nitrogen-Nitrates
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088223
MRDS ID DB01194
Record type Site
Current site name Sanford Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30744, 37.92915 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
Relative position 7 MILES EAST OF US HIGHWAY 89 , 2 MILES NW OF BLIND SPG. MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blind Spring Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 04W 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Nitrogen-Nitrates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30744, 37.92915
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Floor Of Cave

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sevier Plateau/Blind Spg. Mtn.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ruland Veater
    Home office Panguitch,Ut.

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVE DIG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 , P. 159

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 10

  • Production

    DOELLING, H. H., 1978

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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