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Timber Lakes Quarries

Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042021
MRDS ID M058165
Record type Site
Current site name Timber Lakes Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.31355, 40.49467 (WGS84)
Elevation 2006
Relative position 16,000 FEET NORTH 75 WEST OF WITTS LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Center Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(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 004S 006E 06 SW OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REDDISH - BROWN WEATHERED, SALMON-COLORED FRESH

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Nugget Sandstone
    Rock description Nugget Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.31355, 40.49467
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Charleston Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 42 SW
    Length 3218.6M
    Depth to top 0M
  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 42 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lake Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 6 OPEN CUT PIT, UP TO 500 FT IN LENGTH AND 300 FT WIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIXON, H.B., 1938, THE BUILDING AND MONUMENT STONES OF THE STATE OF UTAH: MASTER OF ARTS THESIS, BYU.

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SANDSTONE SPLITS IN SLABS 1 IN. TO 2 FT. THICK, FINE GRAINED, CALCAREOUS CEMENT, SOME CROSSBEDDED, SOME RIPPLE-MARKED

Reporter information

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

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