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Brigham Fork Quarry

Past Producer in Salt Lake 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. 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088675
MRDS ID M058083
Record type Site
Current site name Brigham Fork Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.72968, 40.80522 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 3,050 FT. S 30 W OF PINECREST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain Dell(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)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 002E 21 NW OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SANDSTONE IN QUARRY: THIN TO MASSIVE BEDDED, TAN TO PINK, FINE GRAINED, CROSS BEDDED

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 Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.72968, 40.80522
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 67 E
    Dip 80 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pinecrest Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.205HA
    Length 60.96M
    Overall length 70M
    Overall width 32M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH WORKING IS A S 51 W BEARING ADIT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT. LONG, INACCESSIBLE DUE TO FLOODING AT TIME; SOUTH WORKING IS A QUARRY 35 YD BY 70 YD WITH A 50 FT. HIGHWALL

Comments on development

  • SOME DIMENSION STONE PRODUCED FROM QUARRY BUT BEDDING IS NOT REGULAR ENOUGH TO MAKE GOOD DIMENSION STONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W.L., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF UTAH, NE QUARTER: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT FOLLOWS STRIKE OF MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAINED SANDSTONE BED WITH ABUNDANT CLAY CLASTS, AND SOME IRON AND MANGANESE STAINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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