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Limekiln Gulch South Quarry

Past Producer in Salt Lake 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088673
MRDS ID M058078
Record type Site
Current site name Limekiln Gulch South Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.84079, 40.78161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 4,350 FT. S 4 E OF TWIN PEAKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 001E 33 SE OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO SOUTHWEST PIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

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 Morgan
    Rock description Morgan
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 47 E
    Dip 75 SE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Limestone Bed In Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Salt Lake Avenues Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.876HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE PITS ALONG STRIKE OF LIMESTONE HORIZON; SOUTH PIT-700 FT. BY 75 FT, CENTRAL PIT-100 FT. BY 75 FT., NORTH PIT-400 FT. BY 100 FT.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED IN 1800'S BY PIONEERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HISTORIC LIME KILNS NEARBY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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