The Granite Knolls South is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 7,759 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,759 Feet (2,365 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.08472, -112.41250
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Granite Knolls South MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Granite Knolls South
Commodity
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Dog Valley
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ruland Veater
Home Office: Panguitch,Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: Markagunt Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLES OF CHROMIUM MINERAL = 0.13 AND 0.22 PERCENT CR.
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROBABLY A VEIN, MINERALIZATION IS INACCESSIBLE
Comment (Production): OWNER CLAIMS SMALL AMOUNT OF METAL MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN 1917 .
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ALMOST 50 FEET DEEP.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , P. 141
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 107
Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOLMAP UGMS-DOELLING, 1975 , P. 14
Reference (Production): DOELLING, H. H., 1978
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