Mine detail: Willow Creek Quartzite Quarry

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Location

Lat / long: 40.60188, -111.78829

Resource(N)

Primary: Quartz
Ore: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Big Cottonwood
Host type:Quartzite
Structure:Wasatch Fault, Uinta Arch
Tectonic:Wasatch Hingeline

References

MRDSM058308
DEP10088732
Reference{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-377.}{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH = UGMS BULL. 114, P. 49.}{Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.}
ReporterTripp, Bryce T.