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Jericho Silica Quarry

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087374
MRDS ID D006484
Record type Site
Current site name Jericho Silica Quarry
Related records 10130056

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24246, 39.75273 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 2 MILES W OF JERICHO ON JERICHO RIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McIntyre(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 004W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24246, 39.75273
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT
    Strike N35E
    Dip 12NW
    Thickness 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. DATA UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SURFACE QUARRIES AVE. 100X150X25 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEO. AND MIN. SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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