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Ussr and M South Prospect

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012146
MRDS ID D007583
Record type Site
Current site name Ussr and M South Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19608, 40.14438 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 6500 FT. SE OF TOPLIFF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fivemile Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 003W 05 SW OF SE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General 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 Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19608, 40.14438
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tooele Arch

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N 12 W
    Dip 20W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Greeley District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES GIVEN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.146HA
    Overall length 70M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PROSPECT CUTS, WEST CUT 35 YDS BY 25 YDS BY 20 FT HIGH, EAST CUT 29 YDS BY 30 YDS BY 20 FT. HIGH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DISBROW, A.E., 1957. PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF THE FIVEMILE PASS QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP MF-131.

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1959. GEOL. OF THE SOUTH OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 14.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1974. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

    1957 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. MF-13

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIGHT TO MEDIUM GREY, PLATY TO THICK BEDDED LIMESTONE, ABUNDANT IRON STAINING ESPECIALLY ALONG THIN SHALE INTERBEDS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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