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Old Salt Pit

Past Producer in Sevier county in Utah, United States with commodity Halite
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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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042333
MRDS ID M058940
Record type Site
Current site name Old Salt Pit
Related records 10015736, 10088363

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.86994, 39.04302 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position 12,100 FT S 84 W OF AXTELL CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redmond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 020S 001W 25 NW OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR LIVESTOCK SALT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Twelvemile Canyon Member Of The Arapien Shale
    Rock description Twelvemile Canyon Member Of The Arapien Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.86994, 39.04302
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gunnison Plateau Syncline, Sanpete-Sevier Valley Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Redmond Hills Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Redmond Hills Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Redmond Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.401HA
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 80M
    Overall width 54.86M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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