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Elizabeth Pass Gravel Pit

Producer in Summit 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10087369
MRDS ID D006455
Record type Site
Current site name Elizabeth Pass Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.70132, 40.93438 (WGS84)
Elevation 2890
Relative position 1 7/8 MILES DUE WEST OF ELIZABETH PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elizabeth Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 011E 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Glacial Outwash;Slope Wash
    Rock description Glacial Outwash;Slope Wash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.70132, 40.93438
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Flanks Of Mountains

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mckenzie Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.024HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 137.16M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR, POORLY SORTED, UP TO SMALL BOULDERS IN SIZE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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

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