Keigley Ne Prospects

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron
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. 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 10094510
MRDS ID D008767
Record type Site
Current site name Keigley Ne Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.79606, 40.01689 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 14,000 FT. S19W OF TANNER RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(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 23 SW OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO LOWER PROSPECT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.79606, 40.01689

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Keigley Quarry Hills Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.007HA
    Length 27.43M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • EAST PROSPECT IS OPEN CUT IN GRAVEL 50 FT BY 15 FT BY 7 FT. DEEP, CENTRAL PROSPECT IS COLLAPSED ADIT APPROXIMATELY 25 FT. LONG WITH CALCITE VEINS, WEST PROSPECT IS A 25 FT. OPEN CUT LEADING INTO A 20 FT ADIT WITH A 20 FT WINZE IN IRON STAINED LIMESTONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, J.W., 1952, GEOL. OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF WEST MOUNTAIN: M.S. THESIS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, B.O., 1983, GEOL. OF WEST MOUNTAIN AND THE NORTH PORTION OF LONG RIDGE, UTAH CO., UTAH: M.S. THESIS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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