Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25093

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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012850
MRDS ID D008822
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25093

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50327, 39.81356 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 1470 FT. N 68 E OF BM 5891

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spencer Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 004E 32 SE OF SW OF SW 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
Andesite Ore
Chert Ore
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Sandstone Ore
Shale Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: 5 IN, 73.6
Result NO. 4, 34.7
Result NO. 8, 26.3
Result NO. 50, 14.5
Result NO. 200, 7.3, SWELL = .000

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKETS
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 5.18M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Indianola Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lassen, A. A.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.154HA
    Overall length 71.93M
    Overall width 35.97M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HWYS., 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH COUNTY.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT OF HWYS., 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND AND SILT WITH SANDSTONE, SILTSTONE, QUARTZITE, CHERRT, ANDESITIC AND LIMESTONE CLASTS. CLASTS ARE ROUNDED TO SUBROUNDED, AND RANGE IN SIZE FROM GRAINS TO 10 CM.
Deposit SHALE FRAGMENTS ARE PRESENT TOO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

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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