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North Dragon 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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089275
MRDS ID W015495
Record type Site
Current site name North Dragon Limestone
Related records 10251095

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.29409, 39.20163 (WGS84)
Elevation 2451
Relative position WEST OF NORTH DRAGON CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ferron Canyon(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
018S;019S 006E;006E 30,31,32,05,06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN T 18S - R 6E, SECTIONS 17-20, AND 29

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) -111.29409, 39.20163
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Joes Valley Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description West Boundary Is N-S Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR BLANKET
    Thickness 152.4M
    Length 6400.8M
    Width 1066.8M
    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 Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wasatch Plateau

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner National Forest Service

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ABOUT 1150 ACRES AT 500 FEET, TOTAL IN-PLACE CALCULATED RESERVES

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NEAR COAL-MINING AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPIEKER, E.M., 1949, THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE COLORADO PLATEAUS AND THE GREAT BASIN IN CENTRAL UTAH IN GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO 4; UTAH GEOL. SOC.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOLMAP E.M. SPIEKER BULL. 819

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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