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Little Canyon Upper Workings

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Calcium, Clay
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10021318
MRDS ID DC15641
Record type Site
Current site name Little Canyon Upper Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.87635, 40.25105 (WGS84)
Elevation 1591
Relative position 15,750 FT S60E OF VABM 7550

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saratoga Springs(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 001E 31 SW OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary
Clay Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.87635, 40.25105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On East Limb Of Lake Mountain Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pelican Point Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.135HA
    Overall length 162M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • WEST PROSPECT IS 158 YD BY 5 YD BY 2 FT DEEP BULLDOZER CUT, EAST PROSPECT IS 83 YD BY 10 YD BY 10 FT DEEP PIT. ON RIDGE EAST OF EAST WORKING IS LARGE OPEN CUT ON CALCITE VEIN, SOME PRODUCTION, ACTUALLY ON PELICAN POINT QUAD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1948, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE MOUNTAINS, UTAH CO., UTAH: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRAIL DEVELOPMENT CIRCULAR NO. 35, 33P.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1951, GEOLOGY OF LAKE MOUNTAIN, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 41, 46P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEST WORKING IS A CLAY PROSPECT IN THE LONG TRAIL SHALE, EAST WORKING IS A CALCITE PROSPECT ON A VEIN IN THE HUMBUG FM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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