Mine detail: Mellor Canyon Gravel Pit

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Location: Sanpete County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.24163, -111.85772
dep_id: 10088277
mrds_id: DB01439
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gravel
orebody_fm: WEDGE
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Sheet Flooding
ore_ctrl: River Channel
Reporter: Dollar, Robert S.
hrock_unit: Alluvial Fan Gravels
hrock_type: Gravel
Structure: Gunnison Plateau Syncline, Normal Faulting
tectonic: Cordilleran Hingeline
References:
  • DOLLAR, R. S., 1978
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