Sulphurdale Pit

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Sulfur
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299872
MAS/MILS ID 0490270033
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphurdale Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.59019, 38.57436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cove Fort(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026 S 007 W 01 SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.59019, 38.57436

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Forminco Inc
    ID 4201260
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1978

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-AUG-1993 Stringer U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/26/1982
MSHA mine ID4201260
Mine name (MSHA)Sulphurdale Mine
Current operatorDelano Development Corp
Current controller (parent)Ford Gordon M
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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