Mine detail: Salt Lake County Gravel Pit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.57161, -112.01219

Resource(N)

Primary: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Ore: Clay, Granite
Gangue: Calcite, Magnetite, Sericite
Orebody form: BLANKET
Other material: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
Last production ended: 1981

Geology

Host rock:Alluvium
Host type:Sand and Gravel
Structure:Basin An Range
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSD008612
DEP10087687
Reference{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}{Production:: BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.}
ReporterBishop, Charles E. (Mohammad, Hasan)