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South Mountains Occurrences

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Dolomite, Quartz
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088986
MRDS ID RE00196
Record type Site
Current site name South Mountains Occurrences

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05002, 39.83826 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Relative position APPROXIMATELY .8 MI NORTH OF PEAK 2465 ON SPRING CREEK MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weaver Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 020W 25 NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GRAND JUNCTION 1:250000; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Dolomite Primary
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE NO. 4., SEC. 30, T. 11 S., R. 19 W., GUILMETTE LIMESTONE CAO 45.2 PERCENT, MGO 1.24 PERCENT, SIO2 5.9 PERCENT, AL2O3 0.48 PERCENT, FE 0.24 PERCENT
Result SAMPLE NO. 6, SEC. 6, T. 12 S., R. 19 W., LIMESTONE FROM 745 FOOT ADIT DUMP, CAO 46.6 PERCENT, MGO 0.61 PERCENT, SIO2 7.1 PERCENT, AL2O3 0.49 PERCENT, FE 0.24 PERCENT
Result SAMPLE NO. 8, SEC. 5, T. 12 S., R. 19 W., LIMESTONE FROM LUCKY STRIKE MINE DUMP IN JOHNSON CANYON, CAO 53.1 PERCENT, MGO 0.41 PERCENT, SIO2 2.6 PERCENT, AL2O3 0.2 PERCENT, FE 0.24 PERCENT
Result SAMPLE NO. 3, DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE, SEC. 25, T. 11 S., R. 20 W., SIMONSON? DOLOMITE, CAO 27.8 PERCENT, MGO 15.9 PERCENT, SIO2 6.6 PERCENT, AL2O3 1.09 PERCENT, FE 0.48 PERCENT
Result SAMPLE NO. 2, DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE, SEC. 25, T. 11 S., R. 20 W., SIMONSON? DOLOMITE, CAO 25.9 PERCENT , MGO 23.2 PERCENT,SIO2 2.3 PERCENT, AL2O3 0.16 PERCENT, FE 0.55 PERCENT
Result SAMPLE NO. 7, SEC. 6, T. 12. S., R. 19 W., DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE FROM BISMARK MINE DUMP, CAO 26.7 PERCENT, MGO 20.6 PERCENT, SIO2 6.0 PERCENT, AL2O3 0.19 PERCENT, FE 0.30 PERCENT
Result SAMPLE NO. 5, SEC. 5, T. 12 S., R. 19 W., EUREKA QUARTZITE, SIO2 97.9 PERCENT, AL2O3 0.63 PERCENT, FE 2.12 PERCENT (SATKOSKI AND SOKASKI, 1980).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05002, 39.83826
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Plate Exposes Eureka-Swan Peak Quartzite

Comments on the geologic information

  • FORMATIONS MAY INCLUDE: ORDOVICIAN EUREKA-SWAN PEAK QUARTZITE, FISH HAVEN DOLOMITE, SILURIAN LAKETOWN DOLOMITE, DEVONIAN SEVY DOLOMITE, SIMONSON DOLOMITE, GUILMETTE FORMATION, MISSISSIPPIAN ELY LIMESTONE, PERMIAN ARCTURUS FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1980
Discoverer Satkoski And Sokaski

Mining district

District name Spring Creek District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES OF DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE MAY BE AS MUCH AS 2.7 BILLION CU YD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SATKOSKI, JACK J., AND SOKASKI, MICHAEL, 1980, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION, NEVADA AND UTAH: REPORT BIA NO. 13-11, P. 32-34, PLATE 14, 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMESTONE-BEARING FORMATIONS COVER APPROX. 26 SQ MI AND MAY BE UP TO 2,200 FT THICK IN THE JOHNSON CANYON AREA. AREA OF DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE OUTCROP APPROX. 3.6 SQ MI AND THICKNESS 750 FT. SEVERAL ACRES OF MARBLEIZED DOLOMITE OCCUR AT THE BISMARK MINE. OUTCROP OF EUREKA-SWAN PEAK QUARTZITE ON THE GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION IS ABOUT 1.4 SQ MI.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1988 Mayes, Bea Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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