Willow Creek Quartzite Quarry

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Quartz
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. 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 10088732
MRDS ID M058308
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek Quartzite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78829, 40.60188 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 7,380 FT. N78E OF THE WILLOW CREEK COUNTY CLUB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Draper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001E 002S 36 NE OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Big Cottonwood
    Rock description Big Cottonwood
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78829, 40.60188

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault, Uinta Arch

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N45E
    Dip 20 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood Canyon Mouth Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.175HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-377.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH = UGMS BULL. 114, P. 49.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS QUARTZITE HORIZON IN BIG COTTONWOOD FM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.