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Hovarka Pit

Producer in Summit 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011518
MRDS ID D006457
Record type Site
Current site name Hovarka Pit
Related records 10154943

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.83437, 40.93633 (WGS84)
Elevation 2509
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF UTAH-WYOMING LINE ON U-150

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deadman Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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

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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 010E 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.83437, 40.93633
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Flanks Of Mountains

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bear River

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.304HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 36.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    H.H. DOELLING, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY SORTED SUBROUND TO SUBANGULAR CLASTS TO 3 FT IN DIAMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. 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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