Dragon Ridge Limestone

Occurrence in Emery 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078235
MRDS ID W026462
Record type Site
Current site name Dragon Ridge Limestone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28437, 39.25968 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF ORANGE OLSEN ADMINISTRATION SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Joes Valley Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal 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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 018S 006E 07,18 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 30.42 % CAO, 4.10 % MGO, 35.06 % SIO2, 0.35 % AL2O3 0.57 % FEO3, .032 P2O5, .022

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Flagstaff Limestone
    Rock description Flagstaff Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.28437, 39.25968

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 213.36M
    Width 1219.2M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: GRAB SAMPLE OF LIMESTONE FLOAT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.