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Sage Flat Limestone

Occurrence in Emery 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015681
MRDS ID DB01788
Record type Site
Current site name Sage Flat Limestone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.26076, 39.04525 (WGS84)
Elevation 2731
Relative position BETWEEN MUDDY AND FERRON CANYONS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flagstaff Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 020S 006E 16,21,28,29,33,32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC: 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Flagstaff Limestone
    Rock description Flagstaff Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.26076, 39.04525
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG NW
    Thickness 152.4M
    Length 3962.4M
    Width 1828.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleocene Lakes And Springs

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wasatch Plateau

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL IN-PLACE CALCULATED RESERVES.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: UNDEVELOPED, BUT NEAR SEVERAL ACTIVE COAL MINES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPIEKER, E. M., 1931 , THE WASATCH PLATEAU COAL FIELD: USGS BULL 819

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOLMAP SPIEKER, E. M., USGS BULL. 81

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1977 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT FORMS CAP OF SAGE FLAT; EFFECTIVE AREA ABOUT 800 ACRES. DIP RANGES 1 TO 3 DEG NW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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