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Limestone Deposit

Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010736
MRDS ID D004669
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Deposit
Related records 10154886

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.9258, 38.95079 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position ON POISON MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candland Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 010W 36,25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS MOST OF THE NW 1/4 SEC. 36, S 1/2 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Swasey Ls;Dome Ls (Host);Marjum Formation
    Rock description Swasey Ls;Dome Ls (Host);Marjum Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.9258, 38.95079
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local N-S Faults

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 12 E
    Thickness 44.2M
    Length 1524M
    Width 609.6M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 44.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1979

Mining district

District name Cricket Range

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Continental Lime Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah State

Comments on the production information

  • TO DATE/10-4-79, ONLY A SMALL STOCKPILE IS PRESENT UNTIL COMPLETION OF THEIR PLANT 5 MI EAST OF HERE ON HWY 257 WEST OF BLOOM RR. SITE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 FT. DEEP. THEY PLAN TO REMOVE THE TOP 145 FT OF POISON MTN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., & STOKES, W., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF UTAH, SW 1/4

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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