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Tidwell Springs Se Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Sanpete 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042096
MRDS ID M058366
Record type Site
Current site name Tidwell Springs Se Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.48605, 39.75717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position 1400 FT N 10 E OF HILLTOP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indianola(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 004E 20 NE OF SE 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
Andesite Ore
Chert Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • 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) -111.48605, 39.75717
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Terrace

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME ANDESITE PYROCLASTIC ALSO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Indianola Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 787.142HA
    Overall length 140.21M
    Overall width 59.74M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY. 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SANPELE COUNTY

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND AND SILT WITH ABUNDANT ROUNDED TO SUBROUNDED QUARTZITE, CHERT AND SANDSTONE CLASTS SHALE FRAGMENTS ABUNDANT. CLASTS RANGE IN SIZE FROM GRAINS TO COBBLES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Thorpe, Kelly H. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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