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Currant Creek Gravel Pit No. 2

Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087720
MRDS ID D008810
Record type Site
Current site name Currant Creek Gravel Pit No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.97357, 39.93967 (WGS84)
Elevation 1471
Relative position 6,550 FT S 49 W 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 17 NW OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

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 > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.97357, 39.93967
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lake Terrace

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.01M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mountain Flank

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elberta Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.109HA
    Overall length 129.24M
    Overall width 122.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THORPE, K.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND AND SILT WITH ABUNDANT GRAVEL CLASTS WHICH CONSIST OF LIMESTONE, CHERT, SHALE, ANDESITE PYROCLASTICS AND RHYOLITE AND LATITE IGNIMBRITES. OXIDATION OF CLASTS COMMON
Deposit THE CLASTS RANGE IN SIZE FROM GRAINS TO 4 CM. SOME CEMENTATION OF THE GRAVEL IS PRESENT NEAR THE TOP OF THE DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Thorpe, Kelly H. Bureau of Land Management

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