United States Department ofthe Interior Bureau of Land Management MINERAL POTENTIAL REPORT for the Lands now Excluded from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Garfield and Kane Counties, Utah Prepared by: Technical Approval: flirf/tl (Signature) Michael Vanden Berg (Print name) (Print name) Energy and Mineral Program Manager - Utah Geological Survey (Title) (Title) April 18, 2018 /f-P/2ft. 't 2o/ 8 (Date) (Date) M~zr;rL {Signature) 11 (Si~ ~.u.. "'- ~b ~ t:, "4 5~ A.J ~txM:t ;e;,E~ 't"'-. (Print name) (Print name) J.-"' ,·s h;c.-+ (V\ £uA.o...~ fk()~""....:r ~~/,~ L{ ( {Title) . Zo'{_ 2o l~0 +(~it71 ~ . I (Date) (Date) This preliminary repon makes information available to the public that may not conform to UGS technical, editorial. or policy standards; this should be considered by an individual or group planning to take action based on the contents ofthis report. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................... 4 Oil, Gas, and Coal Bed Methane ............................................................................................................ 4 Coal ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 Tar Sands ................................................................................................................................................ 5 Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, and Minor Associated Metals ................................................................ 5 Titanium and Zirconium ......................................................................................................................... 5 Manganese .............................................................................................................................................. 5 Gypsum .................................................................................................................................................. 5 Silica and Industrial Sand ....................................................................................................................... 5 Sand and Gravel ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Crushed Stone and High-Calcium Limestone ........................................................................................ 6 Building Stone ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Clay ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 Humate ................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 7 1.1 Purpose and Scope ............................................................................................................................ 7 1.2 Lands Involved ................................................................................................................................. 8 1.3 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................ 8 2.0 DESCRIPTION OF GEOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Physiographic Setting ..................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Stratigraphy .................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 12 2.2.2 Precambrian Rocks ............................................................................................................... 14 2.2.3 Cambrian Rocks .................................................................................................................... 14 2.2.4 Ordovician and Silurian Rocks ............................................................................................. 15 2.2.5 Devonian Rocks .................................................................................................................... 15 2.2.6 Mississippian Rocks .............................................................................................................. 16 2.2.7 Pennsylvanian Rocks ............................................................................................................ 16 2.2.8 Permian Rocks ...................................................................................................................... 17 2.2.9 Triassic Rocks ....................................................................................................................... 18 2.2.10 Jurassic Rocks ..................................................................................................................... 19 2.2.11 Cretaceous Rocks ................................................................................................................ 21 2.2.12 Tertiary Rocks ..................................................................................................................... 22 2.3 Structure ......................................................................................................................................... 22 2.3.1 Grand Staircase Area ............................................................................................................ 22 2.3.2 Kaiparowits Basin Area ........................................................................................................ 23 2.3.3 Escalante Canyons Area ....................................................................................................... 24 2.3.4 Circle Cliffs Area .................................................................................................................. 24 2.4 Geologic History ............................................................................................................................ 24 3.0 MINERAL EXPLORATION DESCRIPTION, PRODUCTION, AND OCCURRENCE .................. 27 3.1 Leasable Minerals ........................................................................................................................... 27 3.1.1 Oil and Gas ........................................................................................................................... 27 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 27 Late Proterozoic/Cambrian Play (USGS-2403) ...................................................................... 27 Paleozoic Devonian-Mississippian Play (UGS-2108) ............................................................. 30 1 Permo-Triassic Unconformity Play (USGS-2106) .................................................................. 32 Cretaceous Sandstone Play (UGS-2107) ................................................................................. 34 Coal Bed Methane Play (UGS-2100) ...................................................................................... 36 3.1.2 Coal ....................................................................................................................................... 37 3.1.3 Tar Sand ................................................................................................................................ 43 3.2 Locatable Minerals ......................................................................................................................... 44 3.2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 44 3.2.2 Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, and Minor Associated Metals ............................................... 45 3.2.3 Titanium and Zirconium ....................................................................................................... 47 3.2.4 Manganese ............................................................................................................................ 48 3.2.5 Gypsum ................................................................................................................................. 49 3.2.6 Silica and Industrial Sand ..................................................................................................... 51 3.3 Salable Minerals ............................................................................................................................. 51 3.3.1 Sand and Gravel ...................................................................................................................