Dripping Spring

The Dripping Spring is a mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 4,400 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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