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Hastings Pass Nw Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. 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 10012073
MRDS ID D007436
Record type Site
Current site name Hastings Pass Nw Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.9525, 40.71632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 7100 FT. NW OF HASTINGS PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hastings Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 010W 22 NE OF NE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aragonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh Formation
    Rock description Oquirrh Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.9525, 40.71632
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mine Bracketed By Hasting Canyon Fault And South Hastings Thrust, Truncated By Ne Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N33W
    Dip 78NE
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cedar Mtns.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah Calcium Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 114.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT 20 FT WIDE AND 20 FT. HIGH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    MAURER, R.E., 1970, GEOL. OF THE CEDAR MTNS.: UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESIS

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN PINCHES DOWN TO 1 FT. THICK AT THE BACK OF THE ADIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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