Willow Park Quarry

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101656
MRDS ID D006390
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Park Quarry
Related records 10129813

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.22492, 40.93662 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Relative position 1/4 MILE N OF WILLOW PARK, E-SIDE OF GAP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hole In The Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 015E 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Talus
    Rock description Talus
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.22492, 40.93662

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Side Of Cliff

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOURCE OF TALUS IS PERMIAN PARK CITY FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Beaver Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.101HA
    Overall length 13.72M
    Overall width 9.14M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, HELLMUT, H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR BLOCKS OF LIMESTONES, PEBBLES TO BOULDER SIZED TO 2 FT. IN DIAMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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