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Allens Ranch Gravel Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012777
MRDS ID D008685
Record type Site
Current site name Allens Ranch Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09107, 40.05884 (WGS84)
Elevation 1566
Relative position 2,800 FT. N 79 W OF ALLENS RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allens Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 002W 05 SW OF SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIMESTONE, SANDSTONE, QUARTZITE, ANDESITE AND CLAY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09107, 40.05884
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Alluvial Fan

Ore body information

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mountain Flank

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.328HA
    Overall length 100.58M
    Overall width 54.25M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THORPE, K.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1956, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ALLENS RANCH QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP MF 45.

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABUNDANT SAND, SILT AND CLAY WITH SUBROUNDED TO ROUNDED CLASTS OF SANDSTONE, LIMESTONE, QUARTZITE AND ANDESITE PYROCLASTICS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Thorpe, Kelly H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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