Utah Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 26022

Producer in Wasatch 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. 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 10042017
MRDS ID M058160
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 26022

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.37356, 40.46106 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 10,400 FEET SOUTH 50 WEST OF CENTER CREEK CEM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Center Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(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 Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 005E 22 SE OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COLLUVIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS 64.4% NO. 4
Result 55.1% NO. 10
Result 45.2% NO. 40
Result 30.3% NO. 200

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.37356, 40.46106

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Comments on the geologic information

  • WEATHERED PENNSYLVANIAN OQUIRRH FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Daniels Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Can Do Excavting
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jay Simpson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.289HA
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 33.53M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HWYS., 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, WASATCH COUNTY

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT OF HWYS., 1966, P. 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR AND POORLY SORTED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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