Mine detail: Unidentified Gravel Pit

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.63355, -111.80496
dep_id: 10020997
mrds_id: DC14652
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: Limestone, Quartzite, Sandstone
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Wave Action
ore_ctrl: Lake Bonneville Shoreline
Reporter: Sommer, Steven N. (Tripp, Bryce T.)
hrock_unit: Lake Bonneville Formation
hrock_type: Gravel
Structure: Wasatch Fault
tectonic: Wasatch Front
References:
  • Deposit:: SOMMER, S.N., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
  • Deposit:: VAN HORN, R., 1972, SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SUGAR HOUSE QUADRANGLE, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MAP I-766-AA F3 UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SALT LAKE COUNTY
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