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Unknown Gypsum Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101700
MRDS ID D007508
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Gypsum Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.80967, 39.55162 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES E OF LEVAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Levan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 001E 34 NE OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE 2 PROSPECT PITS & 1 MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Gypsum

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Arapien Shale
    Rock description Arapien Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.80967, 39.55162
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Transition Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Levan Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form POD-LIKE
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GYPSUM IS HIGHLY SILICEOUS AND GENERALLY OF POOR QUALITY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Levan Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Robert Steele

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. FIGURES UNKNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 65.53M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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