Agnes 5

Producer in Millard 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010689
MRDS ID D004586
Record type Site
Current site name Agnes 5
Alternate or previous names Agnes 6, Agnes 7, Agnes 9, Agnes 10, Agnes 11, Agnes 50, Agnes 51, Betty 1, Betty 1a, Betty 21a

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90524, 38.96857 (WGS84)
Elevation 1628
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF CANDLAND SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candland Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 009W 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 910-4-1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Dome Limestone;Swasey Ls
    Rock description Dome Limestone;Swasey Ls
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.90524, 38.96857

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-BLANKET
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 11 DEG SE
    Thickness 44.2M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 44.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Miogeosyncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Discoverer Us Steel
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name Cricket Mtns

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Continental Lime Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 41.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADJACENT PIT SW AT 65 YDS X 45 YDS X NUMEROUS BULLDOZER CUTS AND SCRAPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEGAN, R., & EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., & STOKES, W., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF UTAH 1:1,000,000, SW QUARTER

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979 GEOLOGIST

  • Reserve-Resource

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAY, FINE GRAINED MASSIVE LIMESTONE; WEATHERS LIGHT GRAY
Deposit Discovery Year: 1940'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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