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Three Sister Lime Quarry and Liln

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067305
MRDS ID W000005
Record type Site
Current site name Three Sister Lime Quarry and Liln

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.59328, 40.17995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 5900 FT. S 74 E OF THE US FISH HATCHERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Springville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 003E 27 SW OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

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 Deseret Limestone;Humbug
    Rock description Deseret Limestone;Humbug
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.59328, 40.17995
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Springville Thrust Fault To South

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Provo Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • LIMESTONE WAS APPARENTLY TAKEN FROM A TALUS SLOPE, NO REAL SIGNS OF QUARRYING ARE PRESENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SPRINGVILLE QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-1103.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS A SMALL VERTICAL BRICK KILN ON THE PROPERTY AND A KOKE PILE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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