County Boundary Quarry

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015688
MRDS ID DB01803
Record type Site
Current site name County Boundary Quarry
Related records 10203208

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.46467, 37.94026 (WGS84)
Elevation 2063
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES W OF US HIGHWAY 89 IN TEBBS HOLLOW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Panguitch NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier 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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 005W 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SECTION 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FIREPLACE STONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Celadonite Staining

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Bear Valley Formation
    Rock description Bear Valley Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.46467, 37.94026

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET
    Strike NORTH
    Dip GENTLY W
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Panguitch

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PERHAPS A HUNDRED TONS PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.024HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL QUARRIES 150 X 150 FEET EACH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIGHT TO DARK GREEN AND BROWN, 1 - 12 INCH THICK SLABS, SPLITS AND WORKS EASILY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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