Long Ridge North Pits

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Calcium
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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042022
MRDS ID M058166
Record type Site
Current site name Long Ridge North Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.88996, 40.26605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1579
Relative position 10,100 FT S 75 E OF VABM 7550

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saratoga Springs(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 006S 001W 25 NW OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite 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) -111.88996, 40.26605

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Lake Mountain Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 TO 18 E
    Dip 73 TO 81 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pelican Point Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cedarstrom Clay And Calcite Co.
    Home office Box 2, Lehi, Ut. 84043

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.147HA
    Overall length 176M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SE PIT IS 70 YD BY 8 YD BY 7 FT DEEP, WEST PIT IS 120 YD BY 10 YD BY 25 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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