Gunnison Res. Limestone Prospect

Occurrence in Sanpete county in Utah, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015525
MRDS ID DB01360
Record type Site
Current site name Gunnison Res. Limestone Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.71327, 39.22218 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Relative position 2000 FT EAST OF GUNNISON RES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sterling(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pitch(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 Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 018S 002E 21,29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATION: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Green River
    Rock description Green River
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.71327, 39.22218

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sanpete Sevier Valley Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 914.4M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.021HA
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 6.1M

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Dollar, Robert S. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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