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North Red Canyon

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088238
MRDS ID DB01280
Record type Site
Current site name North Red Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27049, 37.78665 (WGS84)
Elevation 2475
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST OF HANCOCK SPRING, NORTH OF HORSE BENCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Casto Canyon(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 035S 004W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SECTION 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Analytical data

Result CLAY 41.8 %, QTZ. 40.6 %, CARBONATES 17.1 %, IRON COMPOUNDS 2.6

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Brian Head Group
    Rock description Brian Head Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27049, 37.78665
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Errol Dowdell

Mining district

District name Sevier Plateau

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP LENGTH 150 - 200 FT.

Reporter information

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

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

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