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Mineral Resources of the Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah Mineral Resources of the Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1754-C AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND MAPS OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Instructions on ordering publications of the U.S. Geological Survey, along with prices of the last offerings, are given in the cur­ rent-year issues of the monthly catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices of available U.S. Geological Sur­ vey publications released prior to the current year are listed in the most recent annual "Price and Availability List." Publications that are listed in various U.S. Geological Survey catalogs (see back inside cover) but not listed in the most recent annual "Price and Availability List" are no longer available. 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E-146, 701 C St. Maps For maps, address mail orders to U.S. Geological Survey, Map Distribution Maps Federal Center, Box 25286 Maps may ^ purchased over the counter at the U.S. Geologi- Denver, CO 80225 caj gu^ey Offices where books are sold (all addresses in above list) and at the following Geological Survey offices: Residents of Alaska may order maps from ROLLA, Missouri-1400 Independence Rd. Alaska Distribution Section, U.S. Geological Survey, . DENVER, Colorado-Map Distribution, Bldg. 810, Federal New Federal Building-Box 12 Center 101 Twelfth Ave., Fairbanks, AK 99701 . FAIRBANKS, Alaska-New Federal Bldg., 101 Twelfth Ave. Chapter C Mineral Resources of the Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah By SANDRA J. SOULLIERE, GREG K. LEE, and JAMES E. CASE U.S. Geological Survey DIANN D. GESE U.S. Bureau of Mines U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1754 MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS- UPPER COLORADO RIVER REGION, UTAH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL, Secretary U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Dallas L. Peck, Director Any use of trade names in this report is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Bureau of Mines. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1988 For sale by the Books and Open-File Reports Section U.S. Geological Survey Federal Center Box 25425 Denver, CO 80225 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineral resources of the Lost Spring Canyon wilderness study area, Grand County, Utah. (Mineral resources of wilderness study areas Upper Colorado River region, Utah ; ch. C) (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1754-C) Bibliography: p. Supt. of Docs, no.: I 19.3:1754-C 1. Mines and mineral resources Utah Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness. 2. Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness (Utah) I. Soulliere, Sandra J. II. Series. III. Series: U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1754-C. IV. Series: Studies related to wilderness. QE75.B9 no. 1754-C 557.3 s [553'.09792'58] 88-600427 [TN24.A6] STUDIES RELATED TO WILDERNESS Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Study Areas The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (Public Law 94-579, October 21, 1976) requires the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines to conduct mineral surveys on certain areas to determine the mineral values, if any, that may be present. Results must be made available to the public and be submitted to the President and the Congress. This report presents the results of a mineral survey of the Lost Spring Canyon (UT-060-131B) Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah. CONTENTS Abstract Cl Summary Cl Introduction C3 Investigations by the U.S. Bureau of Mines C4 Investigations by the U.S. Geological Survey C4 Appraisal of identified resources C4 Mining history C4 Oil and gas C4 Appraisal of sites examined C4 Conclusions C6 Assessment of potential for undiscovered resources C6 Geology C6 Geochemistry C7 Sample media C7 Geochemical sampling methods C7 Sample preparation and analysis C7 Summary of results C7 Geophysics C7 Regional gravity setting C8 Regional aeromagnetic setting C8 Remote-sensing data C8 Aerial gamma-ray data C8 Mineral and energy resources C8 Metallic minerals C8 Uranium C8 Manganese C9 Other metals C9 Potash and halite CIO Oil and gas Cll Geothermal resources Cll References cited C12 Appendix C13 FIGURES 1. Map showing mineral resource potential and geology of the Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness Study Area C2 2. Index map of the Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness Study Area C3 3. Map showing oil and gas leases in the Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness Study Area C5 4. Bouguer anomaly map of the Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness Study Area and vicinity C9 5. Aeromagnetic anomaly map of the Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness Study Area and vicinity CIO 6. Map showing generalized structure of the Precambrian surface in the Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness Study Area and vicinity Cll Contents MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS-UPPER COLORADO RIVER REGION, UTAH Mineral Resources of the Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah BySandra J. Soulliere, Greg K. Lee, and James E. Case U.S. Geological Survey Diann D. Gese U.S. Bureau of Mines ABSTRACT syncline is in the valley known as Salt Wash. To the north of the study area, faults mark the boundary of the Yellow Cat The Lost Spring Canyon (UT-060-131B) Wilderness graben. Two of these faults cross the northeastern boundary Study Area is about 15 miles north of Moab, Utah, and covers of the study area. 3,880 acres adjacent to Arches National Park. Investigations U.S. Geological Survey researchers collected and by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines analyzed 12 stream-sediment samples, 9 heavy-mineral conclude that the study area has no economic mineral panned-concentrate samples, and 1 rock sample from the resources, but has inferred subeconomic resources of study area. No anomalous concentrations of any elements sandstone and sand and gravel. There is moderate energy were detected. Gravity and aeromagnetic data were used to resource potential for undiscovered oil and gas, potash, and determine regional geologic structures of the area. Aerial halite, and low resource potential for undiscovered geother- gamma-ray data and Landsat Multispectral Scanner data mal resources and all metals, including uranium and were analyzed for characteristics indicative of mineral manganese (fig. 1). deposits. Large volumes of inferred subeconomic resources of SUMMARY sandstone and sand and gravel are present within the study The Lost Spring Canyon (UT-060-131B) Wilderness area, but no metallic mineral resources were identified. The common-variety sandstone is exposed over most of the Study Area covers 3,880 acres adjacent to Arches National Park and is about 15 mi (miles) north of Moab, Utah (figs. 1, study area, and sand and gravel were found along two drainages. The isolated location of the study area and the 2). The area is accessible by improved and unimproved roads south of Interstate 70 near Thompson or by foot from abundance of similar sandstone and sand and gravel Arches National Park. In the study area, flat-lying to gently deposits outside the area would make development of occurrences inside the study area unlikely. Uranium and folded sedimentary rocks have been eroded by streams that formed Salt Wash and Lost Spring Canyon, which are major manganese deposits occur within 2 mi of the study area but are not known to occur inside the study area boundaries. topographic features. Sandstones and shales of the Jurassic (see geologic time chart in Appendix) Entrada Sandstone The study area overlies the flank of the Salt Valley and Morrison Formation exposed in the study area form anticline, and Paleozoic source and reservoir rocks that are rounded cliffs and hummocky topography. The sedimentary favorable for oil and gas underlie the study area.
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