Cat Hill North Prospect

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095601
MRDS ID M058061
Record type Site
Current site name Cat Hill North Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.99968, 40.14244 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Relative position 4,000 FT N 10 W OF CAT HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soldiers Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 001W 06 SE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WHITE, THIN TO MEDIUM BEDDED MARBLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching And Marbleization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.99968, 40.14244

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Lake Mountain Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 85 W
    Dip 20 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Soldiers Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.026HA
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 8 FT. HIGHWALL, 3 FT. AVERAGE PIT DEPTH FOR SOUTH PIT; 6 FT. HIGHWALL ON NORTH PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE MOUNTAINS, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 41, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1948, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE MOUNTAINS, UTAH CO., UTAH: DEPT- OF PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, CIR. NO. 35, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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