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Owen Dean & Sons Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Alteration
  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 10021307
MRDS ID DC15624
Record type Site
Current site name Owen Dean & Sons Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78607, 40.39077 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Relative position 2800 FT. DUE EAST OF AMERICAN FORK CEMETARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lehi(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 005S 001E 13 NW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Flavial

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78607, 40.39077
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description American Fork River Flood

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 2.13M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream 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 American Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.255HA
    Overall length 73.15M
    Overall width 34.75M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNT, C.B, VARNES, H.D., AND THOMAS, H.E., 1953, LAKE BONNEVILLE, GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN UTAH VALLEY, UTAH.,: USGS PP. 257-A

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981

  • Reserve-Resource

    THORPE, K.H., 1981,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIT IS GROWN OVER WITH TREES, SHRUBS; AND GARBAGE IS ABUNDANT. PREDOMINANTLY WELL ROUNDED SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE CLASTS UP TO 12 CM.

Reporter information

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

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