| Deposit ID | 10088732 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058308 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Willow Creek Quartzite Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.78829, 40.60188 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1676 |
| Relative position | 7,380 FT. N78E OF THE WILLOW CREEK COUNTY CLUB |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 001E | 002S | 36 | NE OF NE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Big Cottonwood | ||||
| Rock description | Big Cottonwood | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.78829, 40.60188 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wasatch Fault, Uinta Arch |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N45E |
| Dip | 20 SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Big Cottonwood Canyon Mouth Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.175HA |
| Overall length | 60.96M |
| Overall width | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058308 |
CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-377.
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH = UGMS BULL. 114, P. 49.
TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS QUARTZITE HORIZON IN BIG COTTONWOOD FM. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1983 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.