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South Francis Gravel Pit.

Producer in Summit 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. Ownership information
  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 10041985
MRDS ID M058098
Record type Site
Current site name South Francis Gravel Pit.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28355, 40.60161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1987
Relative position 2900 FEET SOUTH 1 DEGREES WEST OF FRANCIS BM 6560

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 006E 32 NE 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
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.28355, 40.60161
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rhodes Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Concrete Products Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.284HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 31.09M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING IN BOTTOM OF STREAM VALLEY; BOTH SIDES OF STREAM VALLEY HAVE BEEN EXCAVATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SUMMIT COUNTY

  • Deposit

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS COBBLES AND BOULDERS (LESS THAN 16 IN), ROUNDED TO SUBROUNDED; 40% CLASTS; POORLY SORTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Sommer, Steven N. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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