Mine detail: Louis Jacobs Salt Pit

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Location: Sevier County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.03913, -111.86966
dep_id: 10042332
mrds_id: M058939
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Halite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Halite
orebody_fm: LENS
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Red Hills Anticline
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Twelvemile Canyon Member Of The Arapien Shale
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Gunnison Plateau Syncline, Sanpete-Sevier Valley Anticline, Redmond Hills Anticline
tectonic: Wasatch Plateau
References:
  • Deposit:: UGMS, USGS, 1964, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 73, P. 206-215.
  • Deposit:: PRATT, A.R., AND CALLAHAN, E., 1970, LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 85, P. 48-50.
  • Deposit:: WITKIND, I.J., 1981, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REDMOND QUADRANGLE, SANPETE AND SEVIER COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-1304-A.
  • Deposit:: PRATT, A.R., ET. AL., 1966, SALT DEPOSITS OF SEVIER VALLEY, UTAH IN SYMPOSIUM ON SALT, 2ND, VOL. 1.
  • Deposit:: BOSSHARDT, N., 1985, PERSONNEL COMMUNICATION.
  • Deposit:: TRIPP, B., 1985, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
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