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Green Canyon Quarry No. 1

Past Producer in Cache county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10011349
MRDS ID D006118
Record type Site
Current site name Green Canyon Quarry No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.7533, 41.7741 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 7200 FT NE OF GREEN CANYON RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smithfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012N 002E 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Swan Peak Formation
    Rock description Swan Peak Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.7533, 41.7741
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Willard Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N30E
    Dip 39 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • PURPLE, FUCOIDAL QUARTZITE, FLAGGY TO THICK BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Smithfield Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, J.S., 1958, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, CACHE CO.: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 64.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USED IN LOGAN TEMPLE AND OTHER LOCAL CONSTRUCTION FROM 1876 TO 1888. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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