Mine detail: Salem Pit

Previously called 'Sumison Pit'

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.03578, -111.6405
dep_id: 10012829
mrds_id: D008786
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Sandstone
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Lacustrine
ore_ctrl: Mountain Flank
Reporter: Thorpe, Kelly H.
hrock_unit: Lake Bonneville Formation
hrock_type: Silt,Gravel,Sand and Gravel
Structure: Wasatch Fault Zone
tectonic: Wasatch Front
References:
  • Deposit:: SOWE, CARLTON, H., 1977, UTAH MINERAL INDUSTRY OPERATOR DIRECTORY 1977: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 111
  • Deposit:: THORPE, K.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
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