Chief Lime Quarry

Past Producer in Utah 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10042216
MRDS ID M058602
Record type Site
Current site name Chief Lime Quarry
Alternate or previous names Homansville Or Saddle Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.07857, 39.97801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 1700 FT S30W OF LIME PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 04 SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF HIGHWAY 6-50 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

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 Fitchville;Gardison
    Rock description Fitchville;Gardison
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.07857, 39.97801

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 5.18M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 5.18M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOLD AND STRATGRAPHIC THICKENING AIDED MINING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Chief Consolidated Mining Co
Year of first production 1924
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
    Home office New York, Ny.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY ON HILLSIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

  • Deposit

    KEISER, H.D., 1928, CHIEF LIME QUARRY, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL 126, PG 298-299, NUMBER 8.

  • Deposit

    TOWER, G.W. AND SMITH, G.O., 1899, GEOLOGY AND MINING INDUSTRY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH; USGS 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, PLATE 78, PG 626.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL QUARRY, PRODUCED 40 T/D
Deposit ONLY RUINS OF PLANT REMAIN N35A IS CAP ROCK; N30A IS 17 FT. DEEP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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