Ut. Dept. of Hwys. No. 25058

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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 10012836
MRDS ID D008796
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. No. 25058

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.80717, 40.03884 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 9300 FT. S57W 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)

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 009S 001E 15 NE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SWELL = .009 PLASTICITY = NP LIQUID LIM = 20

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Limestone Ore
Sand Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BY PERCENT PASSING
Result .5 IN
Result 63%
Result NO. 4, 34.1%
Result NO. 8, 24,8%
Result NO. 50, 5.1%
Result NO. 200, 2.7%

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.80717, 40.03884

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 BLANKET
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mountain Flank

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.494HA
    Overall length 113.39M
    Overall width 67.06M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH COUNTY

  • Deposit

    THORPE, K.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H. 1981

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HYLOS., 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND, SILT, AND CLAY WITH SUBROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE CLASTS, AVERAGING 6.5 CM IN SIZE. SOME CEMENTATION OF SEDIMENTS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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