Mine detail: Milford Gravel Deposit #2

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.41802, -113.00941
dep_id: 10010748
mrds_id: D004694
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR/BLANKET
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Gravels
hrock_type: Gravel
Structure: Colorado Plateau/Basin & Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline, Eastward Dipping Homocline (Star Range) Believed To Be Part Of An Eastward Moving Thrust Plate.
tectonic: Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
References:
  • Deposit:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
  • Deposit:: BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS.
  • Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., BYU STUDIES V.9
  • Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V. USGS BULL 1135-B
  • Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3
  • Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SS #46
  • Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST
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