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Unknown Prospect

Occurrence in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089646
MRDS ID W027817
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.23432, 37.4975 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 2.8 MILES NW FROM RED HOUSE SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red House Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Navajo Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038S 015E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IN UNSURVEYED SECTION 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation
    Rock description Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.23432, 37.4975
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Canyon District, Red Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO ESTIMATE MADE

Comments on the workings information

  • 1200 FT DOZER WORK, STRIPPING IN CLAY BEDS TRYING TO FIND SOURCE OF NODULAS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    HAROLD JONES, 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Jones, Harold H. U.S. Geological Survey

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