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Castilla Springs Quarry

Past Producer in Utah 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012845
MRDS ID D008813
Record type Site
Current site name Castilla Springs Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.52939, 40.03717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Relative position 6700 FT. S47E OF COLD SPRINGS GAGING STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spanish Fork Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(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 009S 004E 18 NE OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MASSIVE, WHITE, MEDIUM GRAINED WITH IRON STAINING ALONG JOINTING

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.52939, 40.03717
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cross Bedding

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10W
    Dip 57NW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Eolian

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Spanish Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.401HA
    Overall length 94M
    Overall width 46.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FOOT HIGHWALL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., 1973, GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF UTAH: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 20

  • Deposit

    BISHOP,C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.

  • Production

    TRIPP, B, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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