Lower Slate Canyon Quarry

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Slate, Dimension
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. Alteration
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087712
MRDS ID D008707
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Slate Canyon Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.62384, 40.22523 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 4950 FT. N 63 W OF TOAD HEAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Springville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 003E 08 SE OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Slate, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PURPLE SLATE CLEAVES WELL BUT IS IN SMALL SLABS, GREEN SLATE CLEAVES POORLY

Alteration

  • (Local) Low Grade Metamorphism

Analytical data

Result PURPLE STATE PERCENTS: -54.05, AL203-20.95, FE203 + FEO-.23, CAO-.23, MG0-9.12, VOLATILES-3.9

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.62384, 40.22523

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 55 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Provo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. W. C. Hathenbruck (Hathenbrook) (Spelling Uncertain)

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF SLATE SHIPPED FOR GRANULES IN 1925

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.022HA
    Overall length 17.37M
    Overall width 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 20 FT. HIGHWALL ON QUARRY, THERE MAY BE SEVERAL OTHER SMALL QUARRIES PRESENT IN SLATE CANYON BUT A FIELD EXAMINATION OF THAT PART OF THE CANYON IN THE BIG COTTONWOOD FM. FAILED TO REVEAL ANY OTHER WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SPRINGVILLE QUAD. : QUAD. : U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-1103.

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, E.C., 1904, SLATE DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA AND UTAH: USGS. BULL. 225.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Production

    DIXON, H.B., 1938

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOTH GREEN AND PURPLE SLATE PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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