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Brown's Canyon Quarries

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011473
MRDS ID D006375
Record type Site
Current site name Brown's Canyon Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.39495, 40.71883 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 10800 FT NW OF MUD SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park City East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 005E 20,21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 21 AND THE E 1/2 OF SEC. 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Tuff
    Rock description Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Nugget Sandstone
    Rock description Nugget Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.39495, 40.71883
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N60E
    Dip 37NW
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY DIMENSIONS IN FEET: A-240X150X60 HIGH, B-300X300X100 HIGH, C-150X60X25 HIGH, D-150X45X20 HIGH, E-75X30X20 HIGH F-120X40X12

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1971. GEOL. OF THE PARK CITY EAST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-852.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUGGET FM. IS A TAN, MEDIUM-GRAINED, CROSSBEDDED SANDSTONE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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