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Willow Creek Quarries

Past Producer in Sevier county in Utah, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088837
MRDS ID M058943
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77605, 39.03246 (WGS84)
Elevation 1762
Relative position 8,300 FT N 56 W OF THE CENTER OF WILLOW CREEK RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sevier
United States Utah Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 020S 001E 35 NW OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO SOUTH QUARRY, NORTH QUARRY IS IN SW OF SE OF NW, 26 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARRY WAS OPERATED FOR SUGAR REFINING LIME

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Flagstaff Limestone
    Rock description Flagstaff Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Redmond Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SOUTH QUARRY IS 45 YDS X 15 YDS X 30 FT. DEEP; NORTH QUARRY IS 150 YDS X 50 YDS X 75 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WITKIND, I.J., 1981, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REDMOND QUADRANGLE, SANPETE AND SEVIER COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-304-A.

  • Deposit

    PRATT, A.R. AND CALLAHAN, E., 1970, LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 85, 69 P.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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