Mine detail: Gypsum Deposit

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Location: Washington County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.07637, -113.77498
dep_id: 10011067
mrds_id: D005274
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gypsum
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Bedding
Reporter: Perry, Lee I.
hrock_unit: Moenkopi Formation
hrock_type: Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure: Beaver Dam Mts, Shebit Anticline & Syncline
tectonic: Cordilleran Hingeline
References:
  • Deposit:: COOK, E.F., 1960, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY: UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 70 124 P
  • Production:: L.I. PERRY, 1979
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