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Moark Junction 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 10012819
MRDS ID D008770
Record type Site
Current site name Moark Junction Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.59134, 40.08495 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3100 FT N63W OF THE POWDER PLANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spanish Fork Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(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 008S 003E 34 NW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Sandstone Ore
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description East Bench Of Lake Bonneville

Ore body information

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Spanish Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION ESTIMATED TO 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.19HA
    Overall length 57.3M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT IS OVERGROWN WITH TREES, SHRUBS AND GRASS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THORPE, K.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND, SILT AND CLAY WITH OCCASIONAL QUARTZITE, SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE CLASTS, CLASTS ARE SUBROUNDED AND AVERAGE 6 CM. IN SIZE.

Reporter information

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

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