Temple Hill Quarries, Sanpete Co., Utah, USA
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 39° 16' 23'' North , 111° 37' 39'' West |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 39.27306,-111.62750 |
| GeoHash: | G#: 9wbx7v7q4 |
| Other regions containing this locality: | Rocky Mountains, North America |
| Locality type: | Group of Quarries |
| Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate |
REF:Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: PRATT AND CALLAGHAN, LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES SANPETE COUNTY, 1966
Deposit:: PRATT, A. P., AND CALLAGHAN, 1970 , LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 85
Production:: DO
Commodities (Major) - Stone - Dimension
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Alluvial Fan Gravels
Structure: Wasatch Monocline
Host Rock: Limestone, Shale
Tectonic Structure: Cordilleran Hingeline
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| Tertiary 2.588 - 66 Ma ID: 2427841 | Displaced block of the Oligocene(?) Crazy Hollow Formation Age: Cenozoic (2.588 - 66 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Crazy Hollow Formation Description: Unbroken block of the Crazy Hollow Formation (Tch) carried “piggyback” to its present position, during either Oligocene(?) or Miocene time, on a block of the Green River Formation that slid valleyward. Reference: Witkind, I.J, M.P. Weiss, T.L. Brown. Geologic map of the Manti 30′ x 60′ quadrangle, Carbon, Emery, Juab, Sanpete, and Sevier Counties, Utah. Utah Geological Survey Map 212DM. [62] |
| Eocene 33.9 - 56 Ma ID: 3190876 | Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Eocene (33.9 - 56 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Early Eocene - Late Paleocene 47.8 - 59.2 Ma ID: 3014802 | Flagstaff Formation Age: Paleogene (47.8 - 59.2 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Flagstaff Formation Comments: non-marine. Flagstaff Ls has sandy lenses derived from east; Hintze (1988) has a question mark next to it in the Capital Reef area; mostly not present in this province Lithology: Major:{limestone,mixed clastic}, Minor:{dolostone} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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