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Dragon Ridge Limestone

Occurrence in Emery 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089274
MRDS ID W015456
Record type Site
Current site name Dragon Ridge Limestone
Related records 10178650

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28437, 39.25968 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF JOES VALLEY RESERVOIR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Joes Valley Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 018S 006E 07,17,18 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General 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 Flagstaff Limestone
    Rock description Flagstaff Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.28437, 39.25968
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Joes Valley Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Several N - S Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Length 2865.12M
    Width 396.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrine Environment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner National Forest Service

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ABOUT 180 ACRES

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NEAR COAL MINING AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E. M. SPIEKER, 1949, THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND THE GREAT BASIN IN CENTRAL UTAH, IN GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 4

  • Deposit

    E. M. SPIEKER, 1931, THE WASATCH PLATEAU COAL FIELD, UTAH: USGS BULL. 819.

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP UTAH GEOL SOC. GB 4 BY E. M. SPIEKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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