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Warm Springs Mountain No. 2 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. 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 10012805
MRDS ID D008753
Record type Site
Current site name Warm Springs Mountain No. 2 Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.85911, 39.96662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1396
Relative position FOUR MILES WEST OF SANTAQUIN ON U.S. HIGHWAY 6.

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)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 001E 08 NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTHWEST FLANK APPROXIMATELY 4200 FEET FROM WARM SPRINGS MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.85911, 39.96662
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santaquin District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.355HA
    Overall length 80M
    Overall width 48.46M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 5 YARDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISSELL, H.J., 1963, LAKE BONNEVILLE, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN UTAH VALLEY; UTAH: USGS PP. 257-B.

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C., 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS FILE.

  • Production

    BISHOP (1981)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED, SORTING IS POOR, SIZE IS FROM COBBLE TO CLAY VERY SILTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Bishop, Charles E. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1994 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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