Limestone Quarry

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Manganese
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. Ownership information
  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 10020446
MRDS ID DC13243
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Nielson Black Jack Claims
Related records 10299829

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18857, 39.55662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Relative position 1 MILE SE OF VISCO RR SIDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Champlin Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake 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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 003W 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result .6-2.7% MN

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18857, 39.55662

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Leamington Transverse Fault (N35e)

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT
    Strike N35E
    Dip 75SE
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 609.6M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Leamington Canyon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Martin Maretta

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT 750 TONS WITH A POTENTIAL OF 10 THOUSAND TONS ACCORDING TO HEIM

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1951, MN DEPOSIT OF W. UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY, ON SITE INVEST.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1951, MN. DEP. OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL.

  • Deposit

    1951 RECON CRITTENDEN, M.D., USGS BULL 979-

  • Production

    CRITTENDON, M.D., 1951 - MN DEPOSITS OF W. UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A, P 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO RECORD THAT MATERIAL HAS BEEN SHIPPED FOR MN CONTENT. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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