Picture Stone Quarry

Past Producer in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088136
MRDS ID DB00748
Record type Site
Current site name Picture Stone Quarry
Related records 10276305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.41408, 38.25609 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TORREY, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Torrey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 005E 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ROCK HAS INTRICATE STAINING PATTERN OF IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Wingate Sandstone
    Rock description Wingate Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.41408, 38.25609

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Teasdale Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fremont District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.035HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 6.1M

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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