Mine detail: Harper Gravel Pit

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.61661, -112.05052
dep_id: 10012748
mrds_id: D008610
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Clay
gangue: Calcite, Magnetite
other_matl: Quartz
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Wave Action (Alluvial)
ore_ctrl: Stream Channels
Reporter: Bishop, Charles E. (Mohammad, Hasan)
hrock_unit: Alluvium
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Basin And Range
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
  • Deposit:: COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
  • Deposit:: BISHOP., C, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
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