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Midway Tufa Quarries

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodity Limestone, High Calcium
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042243
MRDS ID M058657
Record type Site
Current site name Midway Tufa Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.46745, 40.52133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 2,250 FT N 45 W OF MEMORIAL HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heber City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 004E 35 NE OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO CENTRAL PIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, High Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES WERE 98% SOLUBLE AND HAD CA-MG RATIOS OF 106-1 TO 140-1

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.46745, 40.52133
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dutch Hollow Thrust To North

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 4876.8M
    Width 2743.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Midway Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE TUFA QUARRIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, C.H.,JR., 1968, THERMAL SPRINGS NEAR MIDWAY, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 600-D, P. D63-D70

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUFA DEPOSITS, WELL (D-4-4) 2CBA-1 OF BAKER, HAD TUFA ABOUT 220 FT. THICK IN 3 HORIZONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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