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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 10012811
MRDS ID D008761
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.8305, 40.02939 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 16,700 FT. S 5 9 W OF TANNER RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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 NE OF SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sand 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 > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.8305, 40.02939
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lake Terrace

Ore body information

  • General form BLA NKET
    Thickness 5.18M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 5.18M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mountain Flank

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.134HA
    Overall length 47.55M
    Overall width 31.09M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND AND SILT WITH ABUNDANT SUBROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR QUARTZITE AND SANDSTONE CLASTS, CLASTS AVERAGE 2CM IN SIZE. SOME CEMENTATION PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

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