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Reeder No. 1 Well

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodity Potassium
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095584
MRDS ID M057716
Record type Site
Current site name Reeder No. 1 Well
Alternate or previous names Defense Plant Corp.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.82293, 38.92081 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451
Relative position 1.6 MILES S-SW OF CRESCENT JUNCTION

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 019E 04,09 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnallite Ore
Potash Ore
Sylvite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE CONTENT OF CARNALLITE IS 38.43 %
Result AVERAGE CONTENT OF SYLVITE IS 23.41 %.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.82293, 38.92081
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Formation Between The Jurassic Morrison Fm And The Penn Paradox Fm Is Missing.

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 1011.33M
    Depth to bottom 1267.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crescent Eagle

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WELL WAS DRILLED TO A DEPTH OF 4207 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DYER, B. W., 1945 , DISCOVERIES OF POTASH IN E UTAH: AIMME TECH. PUBL. 1755 , P. 2 - 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO OTHER WELLS WERE DRILLED BY THE CRESCENT EAGLE OIL CO. AND THE BRENDEL OIL AND GAS CO. THE 3972 FT. CRESCENT EAGLE WELL IS SE OF REEDER NO. 1 WELL. THE 4125 FT. BRENDEL NO. 1 WELL IS 600 FT. SE OF THE REEDER NO. 1 WELL. IT ENCOUNTERED POTASH BETWEEN 3369 - 3919 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THE ORE HORIZON BETWEEN 3318 - 3538 FT CONTAIN 17 BEDS OF CARNALLITE TOTALLING 92 FT. THE ORE HORIZON BETWEEN 3419 - 4157 FT. CONTAIN EIGHT BEDS OF SYLVITE. THE TOP OF THE SALT (NA CL) ZONE IS AT A DEPTH OF 2091 FT. AT THE TOP OF THE PARADOX FM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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