South Desert Gypsum

Past Producer in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10277012
MRDS ID DB00761
MAS/MILS ID 0490550055
Record type Site
Current site name South Desert Gypsum
Related records 10088140

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.27185, 38.40668 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cathedral Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Capitol Reef National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028 S 006 E 04 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.27185, 38.40668

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH,FJ,JR,HUFF LC,HINRICKS,NE,LUEDKE RG,1963,GEOLOGY,OF

  • Deposit

    THE CAPITOL REEF AREA,WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES,UTAH:USGS

  • Deposit

    PROF.PAPER 363.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.