Currant Creek Gravel Pit No. 1

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012843
MRDS ID D008809
Record type Site
Current site name Currant Creek Gravel Pit No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.97773, 39.93662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Relative position 8170 FT. S37W OF ELBERTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goshen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 001W 19 NW OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andesite Ore
Chert Ore
Clay Ore
Latite Ore
Limestone Ore
Rhyolite Ore
Sand Ore
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.97773, 39.93662

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin Anr Range Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mountain Flank

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elberta Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.146HA
    Overall length 51.21M
    Overall width 40.23M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THORPE, K.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    BISSELL, H.J., 1963, LAKE BONNEVILLE, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN UTAH VALLEY, UTAH: USGS PP. 257-B

  • Production

    THROPE, K.H., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND AND SILT WITH ABUNDANT GRAVEL CLASTS CONSISTING OF LIMESTONE, SHALE, CHERT, ANDESITE PYROCLASTICS, AND RHYOLITE AND LATITE IGNIMBROTES, OXIDATION OF CLASTS COMMON
Deposit CLASTS RANGE IN SIZE FROM GRAINS TO 2.7 CM. SOME CEMENTATION OF THE SAND AND GRAVEL IS PRESENT IN LAYERS THROUGHOUT THE DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Thorpe, Kelly H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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