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Chaffin Quarry

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Dolomite, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012796
MRDS ID D008738
Record type Site
Current site name Chaffin Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.85606, 39.96606 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position 2,550 FT N 10 W OF WARM SPRING MTN. WEST PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santaquin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 001E 08 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975); LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.85606, 39.96606
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Warms Springs Fault Immediately To West Of Quarries

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warm Springs Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.258HA
    Overall length 900M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOUTH QUARRY IS IN VICTORIA FM. (DOLOMITE) AND IS APPROXIMATELY 270 YDS BY 66 YDS WITH AN 80 FT. HIGHWALL. THE NORTHWEST QUARRY IS APPROXIMATELY 100 YDS BY 33 YDS WITH A 30 FT HIGHWALL; IN THE HUMBUG FM. (LIMESTONE). THE NORTHEAST PROSPECT IS ABOUT 30 YDS. BY 10 YDS. BY 10 FT. DEEP; IN THE GREAT BLUE LIMESTONE. THE NORTHWEST PROSPECT HAS THE SAME DIMENSIONS BUT IS IN THE HUMBUG FM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIRRINE, G.K., 1953, GEOLOGY OF WARM SPRINGS MOUNTAIN, GOSHEN, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY M.S. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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