Limestone Borrow Pit.

Past Producer in Wasatch 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. 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 10103853
MRDS ID M058155
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Borrow Pit.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.47522, 40.45216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1689
Relative position 19000 FEET SOUTH 10 WEST OF FISH HATCHERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Charleston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(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 Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 004E 22 NW OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.47522, 40.45216

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Heber Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.669HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER SURFACE WORKINGS; A LINEAR WORKING TO THE SE, DIMENSIONS 230 FT. BY 40 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, WASATCH COUNTY

  • Deposit

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SOMMER,S.N., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGHLY FRACTURED LIMESTONE, WITH CALCITE VEINLETS; ANGULAR AND POORLY SORTED MATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Sommer, Steven N. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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