Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25084

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042136
MRDS ID M058466
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25084

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.49105, 39.99578 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 10 FEET W. OF THISTLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thistle(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 609S 004E 28 SW OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BY PERCENT PASSING
Result 1", 100
Result 1/2", 76.7
Result NO. 4, 50.6
Result NO. 10, 36.6
Result NO. 40, 22.6

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.49105, 39.99578

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Charleston-Nebo Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Spanish Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.079HA
    Overall length 54.86M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. HWYS., 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH CO.

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY COARSE PEBBLES GRAVEL TO CLAY SIZE ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR SLATE MODERATELY SORTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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