Utah Department of Highways Pit No. 06001

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042105
MRDS ID M058378
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Department of Highways Pit No. 06001

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.90469, 41.0666 (WGS84)
Elevation 1579
Relative position 4,100 FT. N 23 E OF GAGING STATION IN SECTION 25

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davis(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kaysville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(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 Davis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004N 001W 24 NW 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
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 1 IN., 100.0%
Result .75 IN., 96.0%
Result NO. 4, 60.4%
Result NO. 10, 33.2%
Result NO. 200, 2.1%

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.90469, 41.0666

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace; Slope Wash

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Layton Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.043HA
    Overall length 40M
    Overall width 11.89M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1957, MATERIAL INVENTORY, DAVIS COUNTY.

  • Deposit

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS.

  • Production

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR, POORLY SORTED, EQUANT MATERIAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Sommer, Steven N. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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