Ut. Dept. of Hwys. No. 29034 Pit

Past Producer in Weber county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. 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 10011361
MRDS ID D006145
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. No. 29034 Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.52718, 41.3991 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 900 FT S 30 DEG W OF SEC. 29 BM 8662

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weber(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monte Cristo Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(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 Weber

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008N 004E 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS-PERCENT PASSING
Result 1/2= 58.0, NO. 4= 38.0, NO. 10= 26.0, NO. 40= 16.0, NO. 200= 9.0

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Wasatch Formation
    Rock description Wasatch Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.52718, 41.3991

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris Willard Thrust And Woodruff Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 18.29M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Paradise District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 54.86M
    Overall width 48.77M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY, WEBER COUNTY

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SUR.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY: WEBER CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONGLOMERATE IN RED MATRIX, CLASTS RANGING FROM COARSE SAND TO 1 FT BOULDERS ANGULAR CLASTS OF SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE, MOST IS VERY COARSE 6 IN. TO 8 IN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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