Us Gypsum Co. Quarry

Past Producer in Sevier county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015244
MRDS ID DB00565
Record type Site
Current site name Us Gypsum Co. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.92521, 38.84218 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sigurd(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 001W 21,28,29,33,32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO SECTIONS 5 , 7 T 23 S, R 2 W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Analytical data

Result 92 1/2 % PURE CASO4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Arapien Shale
    Rock description Arapien Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.92521, 38.84218

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gunnison Plateau

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
Significant No
Year of first production 1948

Mining district

District name Sigurd

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Gypsum Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1036HA
    Overall length 6437.2M
    Overall width 1609.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS OPEN PIT MINES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: MR. BERMAN US GYPSUM COMPANY (ORAL)

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., MINERALS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL #76 , P. 58 , 1967 .

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, AND SMOUSE, MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH: UT. GEOL. MIN. SURVEY BULL. # 73 ( REPRINT 1969 ) P. 183 .

  • Deposit

    STONE, R. W., 1920 , GYPSUM DEPOSITS OF THE US: USGS BULL. 697 .

  • Deposit

    LUPTON, C. T., 1913 , GYPSUM ALONG SAN RAFAEL SWELL: USGS BULL. 530 .

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON LUPTON, C. T.

  • Deposit

    1920 COMPILE STONE, R. W.

  • Deposit

    1952 COMPILE UGMS (UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MIN. SURVEY)

  • Deposit

    1967 COMPILE UGMS

  • Deposit

    1969 COMPILE UGMS

  • Production

    MICHAEL L. EVERTS 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Everts, Michael L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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