Ut. Dept. of Hwys Pit No. 25006

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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042005
MRDS ID M058138
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys Pit No. 25006

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.84412, 40.40994 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 2680 FT. NORTH OF LEHI CEMETERY

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 04 SW OF NE 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
Shale Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT PASSING 1 IN.=100, NO. 4=58.6, NO. 10=44.7, NO. 40=11.4, NO. 200=5.3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.84412, 40.40994

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Provo Bench Of Lake Bonneville
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake 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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Christofferson, A. D. And Smith, Joseph

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.157HA
    Overall length 234.7M
    Overall width 207.26M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS., 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH CO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981,

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT OF HWYS. 1967, P. 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOP 4 FT. CONSISTS OF WELL ROUNDED LIMESTONE AND SANDSTONE CONGLOMERATE, UNDER LAIN BY QUARTZ SAND AND LIMESTONE GRAVEL, RANGING IN SIZE FROM 2 MM TO 2 CM

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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