The Spring Gulch Quarry is a iron mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 40.78833, -111.84500
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Spring Gulch Quarry MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spring Gulch Quarry
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Salt Lake Avenues Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): QUARRY IS 50 YD BY 30 YD, ADIT IS ABOUT 30 FT LONG, COLLAPSED, ALSO THERE ARE NUMEROUS SMALL PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Location): LOCATION TO MAIN WORKING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Deposit): QUARRY IS ACTUALLY OPEN CUT IN BLEACHED, IRON STAINED CONGLOMERATE, PROBABLY PB, AG, AU PROSPECTING; THE ADIT EXPLORES IRON STAINED BRECCIATED QUARTZITE
References
Reference (Deposit): UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SALT LAKE CO.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
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