Original Redmond Clay and Salt-Salt Pit

Past Producer in Sanpete county in Utah, United States with commodity Halite
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088834
MRDS ID M058936
Record type Site
Current site name Original Redmond Clay and Salt-Salt Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.87077, 39.05468 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 10,800 FT S 60 W OF OLSEN SLOUGH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redmond(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)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 020S 001W 24 NW OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COARSE-GRAINED, BRICK RED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Analytical data

Result POUTSON BROS. PIT SAMPLE (GILLILAND, 1951): NACL-95.60%, SI-2.16%,SO4 1.10%, CA-.51, FE2O3-AL2O3,-.04, MG-.04, I-.03, TOTAL-99.48
Result ALBERT POULSON PIT SAMPLE (UGMS BULL. 85): NA-32.57, CL-59.36, CA-.59, SO4-2.48, TOTAL-100.00

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Twelvemile Canyon Member Of The Arapien Shale
    Rock description Twelvemile Canyon Member Of The Arapien Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.87077, 39.05468

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gunnison Plateau Syncline, Sanpete-Sevier Valley Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Redmond Hills Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Depth to top 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Redmond Hills Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Redmond Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Redmond Clay And Salt Co.
    Home office 370 S. 150 E., Redmond, Ut 84652 (Bosshardt Family)

Comments on the workings information

  • RELATIVELY SMALL PIT

Comments on development

  • OPENED BY REDMOND CLAY AND SALT IN 1958, MINED OUT BY 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UGMS, USGS, 1964, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 73, P.206-215.

  • Deposit

    PRATT, A.R. AND GALLAHAN, E., 1970, LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 85, P.48-50.

  • Deposit

    WITKIND, I.J., 1981, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REDMOND QUADRANGLE, SANPETE AND SEVIER COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-1304-A.

  • Deposit

    PRATT, A.R., ET. AL., 1966, SALT DEPOSITS OF SEVIER VALLEY, UTAH IN SYMPOSIUM ON SALT, 2ND, VOL. 1.

  • Deposit

    BOSSHARDT, N., 1985, PERSONNAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B., 1985, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    HARDY, C.T., 1952, EASTERN SEVIER VALLEY, SEVIER AND SANPETE COUNTIES, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 43, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    GILLILAND, W.N., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE GUNNISON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: UNIV. OF NEBRASKA STUDIES, NEW SER., NO. 8, 101 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SALT IS IN DISCONTINUOUS MASSES POSSIBLY UP TO 200 FT. THICK AND INTENSELY DEFORMED, BEDS MAY BE UNIT E OF HARDY, 1952

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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