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Moroni North Sandstone Prospects

Past Producer in Sanpete county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042328
MRDS ID M058932
Record type Site
Current site name Moroni North Sandstone Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.58549, 39.53413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 1,400 FT S 40 E OF MORONI CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moroni(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pitch(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015S 003E 09 NW OF NE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE MATERIAL APPEARS POORLY SUITED FOR DIMENSION STONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Moroni
    Rock description Moroni
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.58549, 39.53413
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sanpete And Sevier Valley Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moroni Area

Comments on the production information

  • SOME MATERIAL PRODUCED FOR LOCAL USE IN MORONI

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SMALL PITS: NORTH IS 20 FT BY 50 FT BY 6 FT. MAXIMUM DEPTH. CENTRAL PIT IS 36 YD. BY 10 YD. BY 5 FT. MAXIMUM DEPTH, SOUTH PIT IS 30 YD. BY 15 YD. X 20 FT. MAXIMUM DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRATT, A.R. AND CALLAHAN, E., 1970, LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 85, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1985, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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