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Utah Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 26026

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. 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 10042019
MRDS ID M058162
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 26026

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.30271, 40.39412 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Relative position 8000 FEET SOUTH 40 EAST OF WHISKEY SPRING PICNIC AREA

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)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 006E 08 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
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS 28.8% NO. 4
Result 18.8% NO. 10
Result 10.3% NO. 40
Result 4.3% NO. 200

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.30271, 40.39412
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Hinge Line

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 21.34M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hillside

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLASTICS DERIVED FROM PEN-PERN. OQUIRRH FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Daniels Canyon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah Department Of Transportation

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.304HA
    Overall length 164.59M
    Overall width 22.86M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TALUS SLOPEWASH, AND ALLUVIUM, FAIR SORTING, ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR PEBBLES AND COBBLES

Reporter information

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

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