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Western Ready Mix Gravel Pit

Producer in Salt Lake 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042000
MRDS ID M058128
Record type Site
Current site name Western Ready Mix Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.90857, 40.4655 (WGS84)
Elevation 1481
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 9300 FEET S 11 W OF STATE PRISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jordan Narrows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 001W 13 SW OF SW OF SW 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
Quartz Ore
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BY PERCENT PASSING 3/4 IN, 92.9
Result NO. 4,86.2
Result NO. 10,81.6
Result NO 200, 39.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • 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) -111.90857, 40.4655
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Littoral Currents

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALPINE LEVELS OF LAKE BONNEVILLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Camp Williams Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dry Mix Cement Products (Western Ready Mix)

Comments on the workings information

  • UNABLE TO GET ON PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SALT LAKE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SORTING IS GOOD, ROUNDED TO SUBROUNDED, CLASTS SIZE IS FROM 2.5CM TO CLAY SIZE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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