Devils Slide Quarry and Plant

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011406
MRDS ID D006210
Record type Site
Current site name Devils Slide Quarry and Plant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.53968, 41.0655 (WGS84)
Elevation 1622
Relative position 14200 FT E OF TAGGARTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morgan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Slide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Morgan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004N 004E 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Twin Creeks Limestone
    Rock description Twin Creeks Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.53968, 41.0655

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N25E
    Dip 45E
    Thickness 79.25M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 79.25M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morgan Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ideal Basic Industries

Comments on the production information

  • 50,000 TO 500,000 TON

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVE FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 1524M
    Overall width 1219.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    STOWE, C.H., 1977, UTAH MINERAL INDUSTRY OPERATOR DIRECTORY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 111.

  • Production

    STOWE, C.W., 1977, UTAH MINERAL DIRECTORY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 07/04/1976
MSHA mine ID4200013
Mine name (MSHA)Amrize Devil's Slide Plant
Current operatorAmrize Cement Inc
Current controller (parent)Amrize Ltd
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (177 m, 0.82 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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