Genola No. 1 Prospect

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Dolomite
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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012814
MRDS ID D008764
Record type Site
Current site name Genola No. 1 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.81578, 40.02551 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 14,560 FT S46W OF TANNER RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 001E 22 NE OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Opex Dolomite
    Rock description Opex Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.81578, 40.02551

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description West Mountain Thrust Fault, West Mountain Road Tear Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10W
    Dip 30 E
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.287HA
    Overall length 83.21M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHALLOW OPEN CUT WITH A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF TWO FEET

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL DRILL HOLES PRESENT, PROBABLY PROSPECT OF U.S. STEEL'S KEIGLEY QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, J.W., 1952, GEOL. OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF WEST MOUNTAIN: M.S. THESIS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, B.O., 1953, GEOL. OF WEST MOUNTAIN AND THE NORTH PORTION OF LONG RIDGE, UTAH CO., UTAH: M.S. THESIS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OPEX DOLOMITE IN THIS AREA IS 220 FT. THICK ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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