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Ut. Dept. of Hwys Pit No 15038

Past Producer in Morgan county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. 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 10011408
MRDS ID D006215
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys Pit No 15038

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.57912, 40.92327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 6300 FT N83E 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 11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE 80% RHYOLITE 10% DOLOMITE 10% MODERATELY WELL SORTED, 10% COBBLES, 10% PEBBLES, 80% SILT

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING: 44.4% GT 2 IN/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 2 IN MAX: 1 IN = 100%, NO 4= 56.6%, NO 10 = 49.9%, NO 40 = 38.1%, NO 200 = 12.6%/LIQUID LIMIT = 25.8, SWELL .081

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) -111.57912, 40.92327
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form SINUOUS
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Morgan District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah State

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.14HA
    Overall length 160M
    Overall width 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL UT. STATE DEPT HWY

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E. 1980, UT STATE GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 80% SILT, 10% COBBLES, 10% PEBBLES, 80% QUARTZITE 10% RHYOLITE, 10% DOLOMITE, MODERATLY WELL SORTED, CACO3 COATINGS ON 50% OF THE GRAVEL.

Reporter information

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

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

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