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Uh. Dept of Hwys. No. 25089 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. 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 10012851
MRDS ID D008824
Record type Site
Current site name Uh. Dept of Hwys. No. 25089 Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.55438, 39.91634 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position 4150 FT. S. 54 E OF CEDAR KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Birdseye(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003E 26 NE OF SW OF SE 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 = .000, PLACTICITY = NP, LIQUID LIM. = 19.9%

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PEI .5 IN. 58%
Result NO. 4 36.4%
Result NO. 8 27.9%
Result NO. 40 13.6%
Result NO 200 5%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.55438, 39.91634
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Teriace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thistle Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Norman Seamons

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.676HA
    Overall length 151.49M
    Overall width 55.78M

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. HYWS., 1967, P. 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABUNDANT SAND AND SALT WITH ROUNDED CLASTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM GRAINS TO 7 CM. CLASTS CONSISTED OF SANDSTONE, QUARTZITE, LIMESTONE, CHERT, ANDESITE, CLAY, PRESENT ALSO

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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