| Deposit ID | 10088285 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB01534 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | U-429 |
| Related records | 10179553 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.39491, 37.36416 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1890 |
| Relative position | NAVAJO CANYON 3/4 MILE NW OF BYRD OIL CO. DRY HOLE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Kane(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Needle Eye Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Smoky Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Kane |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 040S | 005E | 05 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Tertiary |
| Zirconium Critical | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Zircon | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Result | 23.9 PERCENT TIO2 , 7.0 PERCENT ZRO2 , 16.2 PERCENT FE, AND 0.09 PERCENT ETHO2 - 4 FT. LONG SAMPLE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Straight Cliffs Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Straight Cliffs Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.39491, 37.36416 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Rees Anticline |
| General form | LARGE LENS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 40 W |
| Dip | FLAT |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Width | 60.96M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 121.92M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Kaiparowits Plateau |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Escalante Titanium Corp. |
| Home office | Eau Claire, Wisc. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. L. Davis |
| Home office | Escalante |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 4000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB01534 |
SRC.REF: DOW AND BATTY, 1961 , P. 13
DOW, V. T., AND BATTY, V. J., 1961 , RECONNAISSANCE OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, WYO., N. MEX., AND COLO.: US BUR. OF MINES, REPT. INV. 5860 .
1961 RECON US BUREAU OF MINES, RI 586
THIS REVIEW AND DOW & BATTY, 1961
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LENGTH COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1978 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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