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Mule Ear Deposit

Occurrence in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Garnet
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089604
MRDS ID W027660
Record type Site
Current site name Mule Ear Deposit
Related records 10300615

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.72041, 37.17973 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Relative position ADJACENT TO MULE EAR ALONG COMB RIDGE SOUTH OF SAN JUAN RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Juan Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 020E 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IN UNSURVEYED AREA; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrope Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.72041, 37.17973
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SCATTERED PODS
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Volcanic Pipe

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE SCATTERED PROSPECTING OF THE AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIERSCH, G. A., 1955 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAVAJO-HOPI RESERVATIONS, ARIZ - UTAH, VOL. II, NON-METTALLIC MINERALS: UNIV. OF ARIZ. PRESS, TUCSON

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GARNETS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DIATREME STRUCTURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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