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Azomite - Welded Tuff Quarry

Past Producer in Sanpete county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088252
MRDS ID DB01367
Record type Site
Current site name Azomite - Welded Tuff Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.93884, 39.36163 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 3200 FT. SW INTERSECTION OF UTAH ROUTE 28 AND SANPETE-JUAB COUNTY LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hells Kitchen Canyon SW(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 Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 017S 001W 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUB.: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 04

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tuff Ore

Analytical data

Result 20 % PUMICE, 20 % GLASS SHARDS, 15 % SANIDINE, 5 % OLIGOCLASE, 35 % DEVITRIFIED GLASS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Goldens Ranch Welded Tuff
    Rock description Goldens Ranch Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Goldens Ranch Form
    Rock description Goldens Ranch Form

Nearby scientific data

(1) Arapien Shale
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gunnison Valley
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 328.08M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Azomite Utah Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.251HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 27.43M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: PRATT AND CALLAGHAN, UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 85 , 1970

  • Deposit

    PRATT, A. P., AND CALLAGHAN, E., 1970 , LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 85

  • Production

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Dollar, Robert S. Bureau of Land Management

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