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Deer Creek Reservoir Quarry

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012765
MRDS ID D008663
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Creek Reservoir Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.52689, 40.40105 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position 7100 FT N 53E OF SULPHUR SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aspen Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004E 05 SW OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Analytical data

Result FINE GRAINED, THICK BEDDED, HIGHLY FRACTURED SANDSTONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.52689, 40.40105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deer Creek Thrust Fault 2400 Ft To West, Quarry On Upper Plate

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N 38 W
    Dip 20NE
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Deer Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.564HA
    Overall length 150M
    Overall width 41.15M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1964. GEOL. MAP OF THE ASPEN GROVE QUADRANGLE: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-239.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Bishop, Charles E. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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