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Spring Gulch Quarry

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088672
MRDS ID M058076
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Gulch Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.84579, 40.78827 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 2,300 FT. S 22 W OF TWIN PEAKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 001E 28 SW OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO MAIN WORKING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Echo Canyon Conglomerate;Weber
    Rock description Echo Canyon Conglomerate;Weber

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.84579, 40.78827
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salt Lake Avenues Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.125HA
    Length 9.14M
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY IS 50 YD BY 30 YD, ADIT IS ABOUT 30 FT LONG, COLLAPSED, ALSO THERE ARE NUMEROUS SMALL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SALT LAKE CO.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARRY IS ACTUALLY OPEN CUT IN BLEACHED, IRON STAINED CONGLOMERATE, PROBABLY PB, AG, AU PROSPECTING; THE ADIT EXPLORES IRON STAINED BRECCIATED QUARTZITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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