Mine detail: Fayette Sand Deposit

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Location: Sanpete County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.22774, -111.84439
dep_id: 10015538
mrds_id: DB01391
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Weathering Of Price River Conglomerate With Subsequent Fluvial And Aeolian Transport And Deposition
ore_ctrl: Sand Matrix From The Cretaceous Price River Formation
Reporter: Dollar, Robert S.
hrock_type: Unconsolidated Deposit
Structure: Gunnison Plateau Syncline, Normal Faulting
tectonic: Cordilleran Hingeline
References:
  • Deposit:: PRATT, A. P., AND CALLAGHAN, E., 1970 , LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 85
  • Reserve-Resource:: DOLLAR, R. S., 1978
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