Mine detail: Currant Creek Gravel Pit No. 1

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.93662, -111.97773
dep_id: 10012843
mrds_id: D008809
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
ore: Andesite, Chert, Clay, Latite, Limestone, Rhyolite, Sand, Shale
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
arock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure: Basin Anr Range Faults
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: THORPE, K.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
  • Deposit:: BISSELL, H.J., 1963, LAKE BONNEVILLE, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN UTAH VALLEY, UTAH: USGS PP. 257-B
  • Production:: THROPE, K.H., 1981
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