Round Valley Ne Quarries

Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011470
MRDS ID D006372
Record type Site
Current site name Round Valley Ne Quarries
Related records 10135278

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.48856, 40.70383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Relative position 9400 FT NW OF HOMER SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park City East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 004E 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 AND NW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Stone, Dimension Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Breccia Of Silver Creek
    Rock description Breccia Of Silver Creek
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Nugget Sandstone
    Rock description Nugget Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.48856, 40.70383

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N70E
    Dip 25NW
    Thickness 365.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Staker Paving Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • SIZE OF QUARRIES IN FEET: A-66X45X10 HIGH B-150X120X10 HIGH, C-504X600X100HIGH, D-60X50X10 HIGH E-ENGULFED BY QUARRY C

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1971. GEOL. MAP OF THE PARK CITY EAST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-852

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARRIES A, B, D AND E WERE OPENED FOR DIMENSION STONE, QUARRY C WAS LATER OPENED FOR CRUSHED STONE FOR ROAD BASE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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