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Limestone Quarry

Past Producer in San Juan 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078645
MRDS ID W027097
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.92153, 37.14862 (WGS84)
Elevation 1408
Relative position APPROXIMATLY 2.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEXICAN HAT, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Goosenecks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 018E 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4, NE 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC 10

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 Hermosa Group
    Rock description Hermosa Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.92153, 37.14862
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.526HA
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMESTONE IS CONTINOUS OVER SEVERAL MILES MAXIMUM LENGTH AND WIDTH GIVEN ARE FOR IMMEDIATE AREA WITH OVERBURDEN LESS THAN 50 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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