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Cedarstrom Calcite Mine

Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Calcium
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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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106666
MRDS ID DC15631
Record type Site
Current site name Cedarstrom Calcite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.87551, 40.26133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 7500 FT. S73W OF PELICAN POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saratoga Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 6S 1E 30 SW OF SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

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 > Limestone
    Rock unit name Deseret;Humbug
    Rock description Deseret;Humbug
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.87551, 40.26133
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Lake Mountains Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pelican Hills Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Mining district

District name Pelican Point Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cedarstrom Clay And Calcite Co.
    Home office Box 2, Lehi, Ut. 84043

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE OPEN CUTS ALONG HILLSIDE BUT MOST PRODUCTION FROM UNDERGROUND

Comments on development

  • WORKED SINCE 1919

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1951, GEOLOGY OF LAKE MOUNTAIN, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 41.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1948, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE MOUNTAINS: UTAH STATE DEPT. OF PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CIR. 35.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C. AND OKERLAND, M.D., 1951, ORIGIN OF THE CALCITE-ARAGONITE DEPOSITS, PELICAN HILLS: UTAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ARTS AND LETTERS PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 27-28, P. 118-119.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1948, P. 25.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME AS DC15632 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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