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Limekiln Gulch North Quarry

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Iron
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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. 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 10041976
MRDS ID M058077
Record type Site
Current site name Limekiln Gulch North Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.84246, 40.78716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position 2,400 FT S 6 W OF TWIN PEAKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 001E 28 NW OF SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO WEST WORKING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Iron Tertiary

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 Morgan
    Rock description Morgan
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salt Lake Avenues Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.019HA
    Length 6.1M
    Overall length 26.52M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • WEST PROSPECT-OPEN CUT IN LIMESTONE 75 FT. BY 25 FT. BY 5 FT. DEEP, NORTH PROSPECT-SMALL PIT IN IRON STAINED COLLUVIUM, CENTRAL PROSPECT -OPEN CUT ON GOSSAN IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE 30 FT. BY 10 FT BY 10 FT. DEEP, SOUTH PROSPECT-COLLAPSED ADIT IN ALLUVIUM APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. LONG, SLIGHT IRON STAINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W.L., 1961, NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE GEOLOGIC MAP OF UTAH: UGMS.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HISTORIC LIME KILNS NEARBY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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