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Goshen Hill Limestone Quarries

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. Host and associated rocks
  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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087718
MRDS ID D008746
Record type Site
Current site name Goshen Hill Limestone Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.81884, 39.99662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Relative position 2700 FT N86W OF GOSHEN HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santaquin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 001E 34 NW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Humbug;Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Humbug;Deseret Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.81884, 39.99662
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

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 Santaquin Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 3.505HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS OPEN PITS, UP TO 35 FT. AVERAGE DEPTH, NUMEROUS PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W.L., 1961. GEOLOGIC MAP OF UTAH: UGMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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