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Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry #1

Past Producer in Sanpete county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015535
MRDS ID DB01384
Record type Site
Current site name Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.55188, 39.39135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 2.1 MILE SSE PIGEON HOLLOW JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 016S 003E 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUB.: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 26

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

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 Formation
    Rock description Green River Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.55188, 39.39135
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 731.52M
    Depth to top 22.86M
    Depth to bottom 24.69M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Beaches

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 1.051HA
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 731.52M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • MEDIUM QUALITY DIMENSION STONE IN OPEN OUTCROP AND GOOD QUALITY WHITE TO BUFF OOLITIC LIMESTONE IN EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OOLITIC LIMESTONE IS 6 FT. THICK AND AT BASE OF SECTION.

Reporter information

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

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