The Dripping Spring is a mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.75417, -109.94139
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Dripping Spring MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dripping Spring
Commodity
Tertiary: Potassium
Tertiary: Magnesite
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Robert Pruitt
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Mancos Shale Lowlands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin
Type: L
Description: Moab Fault Borders Ne Side Of Deposit
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sylvite
Ore: Carnalite
Gangue: Halite
Gangue: Anhydrite
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALSO SECTIONS, 1 , 7 , 8 , 18 T24S, R18E, SEC. 1 AND 12 T24S R17E; SECS. 25 , 26 , 36 , 31 T23S, R18E
References
Reference (Deposit): HITE, R. J., 1977 , SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY OF A POTENTIAL WASTE EMPLACEMENT SITE SALT VALLEY ANTICLINE, GRAND COUNTY, UTAH: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-761
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MCCARTHY, B. M., 1978 , AND HITE, R. J., 1977 , SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY
Reference (Deposit): HITE, R. J., AND LOHMAN; 1973 , GEOLOGIC APPRAISAL OF PARADOX BASIN SALT DEPOSITS FOR WASTE EMPLACEMENT: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
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