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Oldroyd Calcite Quarry

Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Calcium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10107976
MRDS ID D008732
Record type Site
Current site name Oldroyd Calcite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78439, 39.93939 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 11,000 FEET SOUTH OF SANTAQUIN CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santaquin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 001E 13 SW OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium 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 Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78439, 39.93939
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Trending North-South

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santaquin Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oldroyd, Dr. M.L., Payson Ut.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.091HA
    Overall length 39.62M
    Overall width 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 PITS, THE EAST TWO PITS ARE ABANDONED, THE WEST PIT IS 120 BY 70 FT BY 15 FT. DEEP AND THE NORTHWESTERN PIT IS 40 FT BY 50 FT BY 15 FT. DEEP

Comments on development

  • OPENED BEFORE 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOUTZ, D.R., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE WASH CANYON AREA, SOUTHERN WASATCH MTN., UT.: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 7, NO. 2.

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE LIMESTONE CONTAINING A CALCITE VEIN ALONG A FAULT ZONE
Deposit CALCITE CRUSHED IN SANTAQUIN AND BAGGED FOR SALE AS POULTRY GRIT, SOLD FOR 13 DOLLARS A TON IN 1960 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Bishop, Charles E. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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