Providence Quarry

Past Producer in Cache 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020498
MRDS ID DC13385
Record type Site
Current site name Providence Quarry
Alternate or previous names Amalgamated Placer #2, #3 Quarries
Related records 10275869

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.73386, 41.68993 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 8600 FT SW OF PROVIDENCE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Logan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(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 Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011N 002E 16,17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PARTS OF ABOVE SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.73386, 41.68993

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris-Willard Thrust And Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 41 E
    Dip 4 NW
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Paradise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Legrand Johnson Corp
  • Type Owner
    Owner Amalgamated Sugar

Comments on the production information

  • OVER 50,000 TONS PER YEAR

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVE OR RESOURCE INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 670.56M
    Overall width 457.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 73.

  • Deposit

    STOWE, C.S., 1977, UTAH MINERAL INDUSTRY OPERATOR DIRECTORY 1977: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY 111.

  • Deposit

    UT. GEOL. AND MINER SURVEY, 1966, BULL, 79

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SUR.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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