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West Mountain N. Central Prospects

Occurrence in Utah 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012837
MRDS ID D008798
Record type Site
Current site name West Mountain N. Central Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.81717, 40.11689 (WGS84)
Elevation 1643
Relative position 25,360 FT. N25W OF TANNER RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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

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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 001E 15 NE OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO NORTHERNMOST PIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(19732)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NOT ECONOMIC

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 Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.81717, 40.11689
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description West Mountain Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.15M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.003HA
    Overall length 240M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR PITS OF ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE AND ONLY ABOUT A FOOT DEEP EXPOSING A THIN LAYER OF TUFA, COATING QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE. THE SOUTHERN MOST WORKING ON THE MAP IS ACTUALLY PART OF A ROAD CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, J.W., 1952, GEOL. OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF WEST MTN.: M.S. THESIS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, B.O., 1953, GEOL. OF WEST MOUNTAIN AND THE NORTH PORTION OF LONG RIDGE, UTAH CO., UTAH: M.S. THESIS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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