Birdseye Quarry

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101764
MRDS ID D008829
Record type Site
Current site name Birdseye Quarry
Alternate or previous names Golden Travis Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.52244, 39.92245 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
Relative position 7150 FT S84E OF BI RDSEYE, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Birdseye(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 004E 30 S2 OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REFERRED TO AS THE BIRDSEYE "MARBLE"

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) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.52244, 39.92245

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N11W
    Dip 20W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Thistle Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1915, 1916, 1918, 1927-1930, SMALL TOTAL PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.213HA
    Overall length 82.3M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE QUARRY'S LONG AXIS IS APPROXIMATELY N-S

Comments on development

  • IN 1915 THE UTAH BIRDS EYE MARBLE COMPANY WAS REORGANIZED AS THE MT. NEBO MARBLE CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIXON, H.B., 1938, THE BUILDING AND MONUMENTAL STONES OF THE STATE OF UTAH: M.S. THESIS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

  • Deposit

    UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, 1964, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL 73.

  • Deposit

    HARRIS, H.D., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE BIRDSEYE AREA, THISTLE CREEK CANYON, UTAH: M.S. THESIS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

  • Production

    DISON, H.B., 1938.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STONE IS MEDIUM GREYISH-BROWN PISOLITIC AND ONCOLITIC LIMESTONE UNDERLAIN BY A WHITE CALCAREOUS CLAYSTONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references