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Little Valley Gravel Pit

Past 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012799
MRDS ID D008742
Record type Site
Current site name Little Valley Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.84772, 39.94189 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position 5,850 FT S 1 E OF WARM SPRINGS MTN. WEST PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santaquin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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 010S 001E 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLASTS OF LIMESTONE, VOLCANIC ROCK AND QUARTZITE, FROM SILT TO SMALL BOULDER SIZE, MEDIAN PARTICLE SIZE PROBABLY SAND SIZE, SUB-ROUNDED AND POORLY SORTED; SOME HORIZONS WELL SORTED.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.84772, 39.94189
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Warm Springs Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bonneville Lake Bench

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warm Springs Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.913HA
    Overall length 163M
    Overall width 61.26M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE NEW PIT WITH AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 5 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIRRINE, G & K., 1953, GEOLOGY OF WARM SPRINGS MOUNTAIN, GOSHEN, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY M.S. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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