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Highway 20

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088352
MRDS ID DB01802
Record type Site
Current site name Highway 20
Related records 10276150

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.463, 37.96304 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Relative position 1/4 MILE E. OF IRON COUNTY LINE ON UTAH HIGHWAY 20

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Panguitch NW(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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 005W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FIREPLACES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Celadonite Staining

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Bear Valley Formation
    Rock description Bear Valley Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.463, 37.96304
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description West Flank Small Dome

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET
    Strike NORTH
    Dip GENTLY W
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Panguitch

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF TONS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.094HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL QUARRIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIGHT TO DARK SHADES OF GREEN AND BROWN, 1 - 12 INCH THICK SLABS, SPLITS EASILY.

Reporter information

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

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