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Exploration Investment Quarry

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088684
MRDS ID M058109
Record type Site
Current site name Exploration Investment Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.19049, 40.58744 (WGS84)
Elevation 2222
Relative position 2800 FT. S 80 E OF HILL 7896

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 007E 06 NE OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • HEAD OF LEFT FORK OF RILEYS CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Round Valley Limestone
    Rock description Round Valley Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.19049, 40.58744
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description S. Flank Uinta Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 58 W
    Dip 18 SW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Limestone Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Woodland

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gordon J. Ranck
  • Type Owner
    Owner Exploration Investment Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.202HA
    Overall length 115M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAXIMUM HIGHWALL IS 6 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCDOUGALD, W.D., 1953, GEOLOGY OF BEAVER CREEK AND ADJACENT AREAS, UTAH: UPULD. M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICK BEDDED BLOCKY LIMESTONE CONTAINING NODULES AND THIN LAYERS OF JASPERIZED CHERT AND FOSSILS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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