Long Ridge South Prospects

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Calcium, Iron
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. Mining district
  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 10041947
MRDS ID M058005
Record type Site
Current site name Long Ridge South Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.88912, 40.24161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 6,300 FT N 3 W OF IRON HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soldiers Pass(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 001W 01 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CALCITE VEINS ARE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE, WITH SOME GREEN AND BROWN COLORING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.88912, 40.24161

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Lake Mountain Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Soldiers Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.042HA
    Overall length 73.76M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH PROSPECT IS PIT 30 YD. BY 14 YD. BY 10 FT. MAXIMUM DEPTH, THE SOUTHEAST PROSPECT IS A PIT 15 YD. BY 6 YD. BY 8 FT. MAXIMUM DEPTH AND THE NORTHEAST PROSPECT IS 25 FT. BY 10 FT. BY 6 FT. MAXIMUM DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1951, GEOLOGY OF LAKE MOUNTAIN, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 41, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1948, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE MOUNTAINS, UTAH CO., UTAH= DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CIRCULAR NO. 35,33P.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION= UGMS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE WEST WORKING IS ON AN 8 IN. THICK IRON STAINED CALCITE AND QUARTZ VEIN STRIKING N 78 W, VERTICAL. THE TWO EAST WORKINGS ARE ON THE SAME VEIN; IT IS AN UP TO 1 FT. THICK IRON STAINED CALCITE VEIN STRIKING N 12 W, 80 W ALONG A FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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