| Deposit ID | 10090968 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00132 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Salt Valley Anticline |
| Related records | 10275877 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.83682, 38.92165 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1433 |
| Relative position | POINT LOCATION IS 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF CRESCENT JUNCTION |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grand(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Crescent Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Green(hydrologic unit)
Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Green(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 | Grand |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 022S;022S | 020E;019E | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Potassium | Tertiary |
| Magnesite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnalite | Ore |
| Sylvite | Ore |
| Anhydrite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Halite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt |
| Rock unit name | Paradox Member Of Hermosa Formation |
| Rock description | Paradox Mbr Of Hermosa Formation |
| (1) | -109.83682, 38.92165 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Paradox Basin |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Some Faulting And Folding |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 37335.76M |
| Width | 7402.78M |
| Depth to top | 304.8M |
| Depth to bottom | 3048M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. J. Coleman, Sawyer Petrol. |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 431746000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00132 |
HITE, R. J., 1964 , SALINES, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL 73 P. 206-215 .
MCCARTHY, B. M., 1978 , AND HITE, R. J., 1964 , SALINES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT INFORMATION FROM DRILL HOLE DATA. THERE IS SOME FOLDING AND FLOWAGE OF THIS DEPOSIT WHICH MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS IN SOLUTION MINING. DEPTHS TO DEPOSIT VARY CONSIDERABLY THROUGHOUT DEPOSIT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1978 | Mc Carthy, Blair M. | Bureau of Land Management |
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