The Croton and Sunday Canyons is a mine located in Kane county, Utah at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.32278, -111.30028
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Croton and Sunday Canyons MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Croton and Sunday Canyons
Commodity
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Kane
District: Kaiparowits Plateau
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: W. L. Davis
Home Office: Escalante
Years: 1961 -
Owner Name: Escalante Titanium Corp.
Home Office: Eau Claire, Wisc.
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Escalante Bench - Kaiparowits Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LARGE LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Croton Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TIO2 12.4 - 27.4 PERCENT, ZRO2 2.8 - 8.6 PERCENT, IRON 10.4 - 18.9 PERCENT, ETHO2 .09 TO .10 PERCENT - 3 SAMPLES, 40 LBS. EACH
Materials
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Zircon
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 12 SCATTERED DEPOSITS
Comment (Location): AT LEAST 12 INDIVIDUAL DEPOSITS SCATTERED OVER 15 SQ. MILE AREA.
Comment (Deposit): 12 INDIVIDUAL DEPOSITS LOCATED, IN DEEPEST PART OF DOUBLY PLUNGING SYNCLINE.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOW AND BATTY, 1961 , P. 46
Reference (Deposit): DOW, V. T., AND BATTY, V. J., 1961 , RECONNAISSANCE OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, WYO., NEW MEX., AND COLO.: US BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 5860
Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON US BUREAU OF MINES, R. I. 586
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