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Utah Dept of Highways Gravel Pit No. 26005

Past Producer in Wasatch 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. 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 10041984
MRDS ID M058096
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept of Highways Gravel Pit No. 26005

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.3505, 40.60438 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 1500 FT SOUTH 85 WEST OF SECTION 35, BM 6175

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Francis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(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 Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 005E 35 SE OF SE OF NW 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
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANAYLSIS, NO. 4, 47.1%
Result NO. 10
Result 35.2%
Result NO. 40, 17.7%
Result NO. 200, 7.9%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.3505, 40.60438
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to bottom 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Slope Wash; Gravity Slope.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West Hills Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.167HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • GRAVELS REMOVED TO BEDROCK; ADDITIONAL DEPOSIT TO WEST; ALMOST EXHAUSTED TO EAST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, WASATCH COUNTY

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1981

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, P. 23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VOLCANIC GRAVELS, ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR PARTICLES; POORLY SORTED, FINE TO BOULDER SIZE SEVERAL FEET IN DIAMETER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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