| Deposit ID | 10012843 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008809 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Currant Creek Gravel Pit No. 1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.97773, 39.93662 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1475 |
| Relative position | 8170 FT. S37W OF ELBERTA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 001W | 19 | NW OF NE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Andesite | Ore |
| Chert | Ore |
| Clay | Ore |
| Latite | Ore |
| Limestone | Ore |
| Rhyolite | Ore |
| Sand | Ore |
| Shale | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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 > Gravel |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel |
| Rock unit name | Lake Bonneville Formation |
| Rock description | Lake Bonneville Formation |
| (1) | -111.97773, 39.93662 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin Anr Range Faults |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 4.88M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 4.88M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Elberta Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.146HA |
| Overall length | 51.21M |
| Overall width | 40.23M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008809 |
THORPE, K.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
BISSELL, H.J., 1963, LAKE BONNEVILLE, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN UTAH VALLEY, UTAH: USGS PP. 257-B
THROPE, K.H., 1981
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SAND AND SILT WITH ABUNDANT GRAVEL CLASTS CONSISTING OF LIMESTONE, SHALE, CHERT, ANDESITE PYROCLASTICS, AND RHYOLITE AND LATITE IGNIMBROTES, OXIDATION OF CLASTS COMMON |
| Deposit | CLASTS RANGE IN SIZE FROM GRAINS TO 2.7 CM. SOME CEMENTATION OF THE SAND AND GRAVEL IS PRESENT IN LAYERS THROUGHOUT THE DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1981 | Thorpe, Kelly H. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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