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Big Hollow Crushed Stone Quarry

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042011
MRDS ID M058152
Record type Site
Current site name Big Hollow Crushed Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.42411, 40.46411 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Relative position 10,800 FT. SOUTH 15 DEGREES WEST OF HIWAY JUNCTION 189 AND 40.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Charleston(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 005E 18 SW OF SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.42411, 40.46411
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to bottom 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Heber Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Genre Products

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.972HA
    Overall length 217M
    Overall width 61.26M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING METHOD IS SLOPE CAVING; HIGHWALL IS 150 FT HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, WASATCH COUNTY

  • Deposit

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR CLASTS; FAIR SORTING; HIGHLY, FRACTURED, MASSIVE QUARTZITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Sommer, Steven N. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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