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Gunnison Sec. 5 Quarry

Occurrence in Sanpete county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088832
MRDS ID M058931
Record type Site
Current site name Gunnison Sec. 5 Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.81799, 39.18607 (WGS84)
Elevation 1637
Relative position 7,700 N 27 W OF GUNNISON CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 019S 001E 05 NE OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension 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 Green River
    Rock description Green River
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.81799, 39.18607
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gunnison Plateau Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Uinta

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gunnison Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH QUARRY 30 YD. X 20 YD. X 5 FT. DEEP, SOUTH QUARRY 24 YD. X 10 YD. X 8 FT. DEEP (BACK FILLED)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRATT, A.R., AND CALLAHAN, E., 1970, LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 85, 69 P.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1970, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTH QUARRY IS IN COARSE UPWARD FININGS, DESERT VARNISHED, CHERTY SANDSTONE, PROBABLY JUST EXPLORING FOR UNDERLYING LS. WHICH IS EXPOSED IN SOUTH QUARRY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1985 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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