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Great Blue Prospect No. 1

Past Producer in Tooele 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012145
MRDS ID D007581
Record type Site
Current site name Great Blue Prospect No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18969, 40.13827 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Relative position 9300 FT. SW. OF TOPLIFF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fivemile Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 003W 09 SE OF SW OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18969, 40.13827
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Extension

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N 31 W
    Dip 10 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Greeley Dist.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.087HA
    Overall length 58M
    Overall width 16.46M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PROSPECT CUTS: WEST CUT. 25 YDS X 15 YDS X 15 FT HIGH, EAST CUT 32 YDS. X 18 YDS. X 18 FT. HIGH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1959. GEOL. OF THE S. OQUIRRH MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 14.

  • Deposit

    DISBROW, A.E., 1957. PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF THE FIVEMILE PASS: U.S.G.S.

  • Deposit

    1957 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E., MF-13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY DARK GREY FOSSILIFEROUS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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