Maple Springs Calcite Prospects

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Calcium
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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095611
MRDS ID M058391
Record type Site
Current site name Maple Springs Calcite Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.91886, 41.47632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Relative position 6,500 FT S 30 E OF MAPLE SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mantua(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Bear-Malad(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009N 001W 35 SW OF SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Laketown Dolomite
    Rock description Laketown Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.91886, 41.47632

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Willard Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 55 SW
    Width 2.44M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 55 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mantua Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.077HA
    Length 3.05M
    Overall length 67.06M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SMALL OPEN CUTS AND ONE SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    SORENSEN, M.L. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1971, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MANTUA QUADRANGLE AND PART OF THE WILLARD QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MF-720.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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