Mineral resources of eight wilderness study areas bordering Zion National Park, Washington and Kane Counties, Utah
Van Loenen RE, Sable EG, Blank HR, Barton HN, Briggs PH, Zelten JE, Cook KL. 1989. Mineral resources of eight wilderness study areas bordering Zion National Park, Washington and Kane Counties, Utah. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Bulletin. 1746-E. US Government Printing office. Washington
In 1986-87, the USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) and the USBM (U.S. Bureau of Mines) conducted a mineral resource appraisal of eight wilderness study areas bordering Zion National Park, Washington and Kane Counties, Utah. They are Orderville Canyon (UT-040-145), North Fork Virgin River (UT-040-150), Deep Creek (UT-040-146), Goose Creek Canyon (UT-040-176), Beartrap Canyon (UT-040-177), LaVerkin Creek Canyon (UT-040-153), Taylor Creek Canyon (UT-040-154), and Red Butte (UT-040-147). The study areas range in size from 35 to 3,320 acres. The identified resources and mineral and energy resource potential of the study areas are summarized on figure 1 and in table 1. Inferred subeconomic resources of gypsum are present in the Orderville Canyon, North Fork Virgin River, and Deep Creek study areas; inferred subeconomic resources of common-variety sandstone occur in all of the study areas; and inferred subeconomic resources of limestone occur in all but the Red Butte study area. All of the study areas have the following mineral and energy resource potential for these undiscovered resources: moderate potential for oil and gas, and low potential for all metals (including silver and uranium) Manuscript approved for publication, August 10, 1988. and geothermal sources. The Orderville Canyon, North Fork Virgin River, and Deep Creek study areas have a low energy resource potential for undiscovered coal; the other five study areas have no potential for undiscovered coal. Although the Orderville Canyon, North Fork Virgin River, and Deep Creek study areas have subeconomic resources of gypsum, they have no mineral resource potential for additional undiscovered gypsum; the other five study areas also have no potential for undiscovered gypsum.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Van Loenen, R; Sable, E; Blank, H; Barton, H; Briggs, P; Zelten, J; Cook, K
- Date of Issue
- 1989
- Publisher
- US Government Printing office
- Units
- HIST , WRD , ZION
- Keywords
- Beartrap Canyon, Cultural Resources, Deep Creek, ehistory, Goose Creek Canyon, History, LaVerkin Creek Canyon, Mineral Resources, Natural Resources, North Fork Virgin River, Orderville Canyon, Red Butte, Study Areas, Taylor Creek Canyon, USGS, Wilderness, WRBIB