Ironton North Quarry

Past Producer in Utah 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012783
MRDS ID D008698
Record type Site
Current site name Ironton North Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.62439, 40.21328 (WGS84)
Elevation 1445
Relative position 4700 FT. SOUTH 20 WEST OF HATHENBROOK SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Springville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 003E 17 NE OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Humbug;Deseret Ls
    Rock description Humbug;Deseret Ls
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.62439, 40.21328

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 36W

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR CONTACT OF TWO FORMATIONS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Provo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.075HA
    Overall length 45M
    Overall width 18.29M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1973, GEOL. MAP OF THE SPRINGVILLE QUAD.: USGS. MAP GQ-1103.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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