Morning Star Claims

Past Producer in Juab 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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012663
MRDS ID D008452
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11551, 39.60801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 15,700 FT. W. OF WEST FORK RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sage Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 002W 07 SE OF SE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aragonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Volcanic Rock
    Rock description Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Indianola Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-E
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sage Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leland Overson

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH PROSPECT 29 YDS BY 11 YDS BY 15 FT. HIGH, SW PROSPECT 35 YDS BY 1, YDS BY 15 FT. HIGH, SE PROSPECT 123 YES. BY 2I YDS. BY 15 FT. HIGH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1969, STONE IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: USGS, BULL. 73, P.222-232

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTH PROSPECT STRIKES N45E, SOUTH PROSPECTS STRIKE N75E

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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