Mine detail: Louis Jacobs Salt Pit

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.