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Leefe Gravel Pit #3

Producer in Rich 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011450
MRDS ID D006321
Record type Site
Current site name Leefe Gravel Pit #3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.06689, 41.8491 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Relative position 2.0 MILES N64E OF SIX MILE RESERVOIR SPILLWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rich(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leefe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013N 008E 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DEPOSIT IS KNIGHT CONGLOMERATE, AT THIS LOCALITY DEPOSIT IS HEAVILY INTERBEDDED WITH SAND AND SILT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Sandstone Ore
Clay Unknown

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.06689, 41.8491
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Crawford Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluvial Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name State Highway 30

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.679HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 59.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH IS 4 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UT GEO. AND MINERAL SUR. ON SITE INVEST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLASTS ARE ROUNDED TO WELL-ROUNDED EQUANT, PEBBLES, COBBLES AND BOULDERS PRESENT, HEAVILY INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT, DEPOSIT OUTCROPS EXTENSIVE IN AREUL EXTENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

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