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High Bluff Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103851
MRDS ID M058099
Record type Site
Current site name High Bluff Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.29633, 40.60522 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 4700 FT S 67 W OF FRANCIS JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Francis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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 002S 006E 32 NE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF PROVO RIVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BROKEN STONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Andesite Porphyry
    Rock description Andesite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.29633, 40.60522
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lady Long - Big Pole Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.012HA
    Overall length 190M
    Overall width 41.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • HIGHWALL IS A MAXIMUN OF 20 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANSEN. W.R. 1964, STONE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: USGS BULL. 73 PP. 222-228

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INSPECTION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAYERED VOLCANIE PORPHYRY IN THICK BEDS VERTICALLY FRACTURED, BREAKS IN LARGE ANGULER BLOCKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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