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Spanish Bottoms Chalcedony

Occurrence in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088306
MRDS ID DB01614
Record type Site
Current site name Spanish Bottoms Chalcedony

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.93571, 38.15777 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position IN CATARACT CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spanish Bottom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Canyonlands National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 018E 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF THE SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Ore
Chert Ore
Jasper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hermosa Formation;Elephant Canyon Formation
    Rock description Hermosa Formation;Elephant Canyon Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.93571, 38.15777
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Monument Upwarp

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENS, NODULES
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Canyonlands District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Trimble, Larry M. 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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