Ut. Dept. of Hwys Pit No. 15040

Past Producer in Morgan 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. 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 10011407
MRDS ID D006212
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys Pit No. 15040

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.57746, 40.88105 (WGS84)
Elevation 1775
Relative position 15800 FT S24E OF EAST CANYON RESERVOIR DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morgan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Canyon Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Morgan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 003E 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1961 EDITION; SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE 60%, BASALT AND RHYOLITES 40%, LARGE COBBLES 60%, PEBBLES 20%, BOULDERS 1.5 FT 20% POOR SORTING

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING: 55% GT 1 IN/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN MAX: 1 IN = 100%, NO 4 = 43.7%, NO 10 = 31.5%, NO 40 = 18.7%, NO 200 = 6.4/LIQ. LIM 19.7

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.57746, 40.88105

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris-Willard Thrust And Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR-WEDGE
    Thickness 24.38M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Morgan District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lewis, V.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.383HA
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 53.34M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 1964 UT STATE DEPT HWYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY MORGAN COUNTY

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1967 DIREXPL UT. STATE DEPT HWY

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, UT. GEOL AND MIENRAL SUR ONSITE INVEST

  • Reserve-Resource

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS, 1964 MATERIALS INVEN: MORGAN CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZITE 60%, BASALT AND RHYOLITE 40%, LARGE TO MEDIUM COBBLES 60%, COARSE PEBBLES 20%, BOULDERS 1.5 FT 20%, RED SILT MATRIX 20-40%, SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED MODERATE SORTING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Taff, David E. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.