American Fork Gravel Pit

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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021312
MRDS ID DC15630
Record type Site
Current site name American Fork Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77885, 40.37827 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 3350 FT. 587E OF AMERICAN FORK BM 4617

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 SE OF SW OF SE 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
Clay Ore
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    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) -111.77885, 40.37827

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name American Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.614HA
    Overall length 231.65M
    Overall width 156.06M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNT, H.D., VARNES, H.D. AND THOMAS, H.E., 1963, LAKE BONNEVILLE, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN UTAH VALLEY, UTAH: USGS PP. 257-A

  • Deposit

    CONSU. COMP. DATE, 07-27-1970

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H. 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND WITH INTERBEDDED WELL ROUNDED LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE CLASTS AVERAGING 7 TO 11 CM IN SIZE ABUNDANT SILT WITH SOME CLAY PRESENT
Deposit MOST OF THE PIT HAS BEEN USED AS A GARBAGE DUMP AND ALSO HAS ABUNDANT TREES AND SHRUBS GROWING IN IT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 4 OTHER SRC

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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