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Gunnison Limestone Prospects

Occurrence in Sanpete county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088266
MRDS ID DB01402
Record type Site
Current site name Gunnison Limestone Prospects
Related records 10227975

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78549, 39.18552 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NE GUNNISON CEMETARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pitch(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 019S 001E 10,03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 10 AND SE 1/4 SEC. 03

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Green River Formation
    Rock description Green River Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78549, 39.18552
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gunnison Plateau Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 874.88M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.035HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS SHALLOW DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Reporter information

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

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