Shale Pit In Sec. 6

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011515
MRDS ID D006450
Record type Site
Current site name Shale Pit In Sec. 6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.21077, 40.7655 (WGS84)
Elevation 2109
Relative position 1/4 MILE WE OF MOUTH OF FRAZIER HOLLOW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hidden Lake(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)

Federal lands

National Forest(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 007E 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SHALE, MUDSTONE, AND QUARTZITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Shale
    Rock description Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.21077, 40.7655

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Boundary Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discoverer U.S. Forest Service

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.123HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 213.36M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, E.A., 1980, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV

  • Production

    JOHNSON, E.A., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE BEDS OF HIGHLY FRACTURED QUARTZITE, FISSILE SHALE AND MUDSTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Johnson, Elizabeth A. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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