Ut. Dept of Hwys Pit #15041

Past Producer in Summit 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10087385
MRDS ID D006516
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept of Hwys Pit #15041

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.59079, 40.85716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 18350 FT. S80W OF PORCUPINE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morgan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Dutch Hollow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 003E 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE 60%, DOLOMITE 20%, RHYOLITE 20%, MEDIUM COBBLES 80%, COARSE PEBBLES 20%, SUBROUNDED AND SUBANGULAR

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING: 53.1% GT 2 IN/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN MAX: 1 IN = 100%, NO 4=45%, NO 10=35.2%, NO 40=23.3%, NO 200=22.2% LIQUID LIMIT = N.P.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.59079, 40.85716

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 24.38M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Morgan District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clayton-Macfarlane Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.179HA
    Overall length 78.03M
    Overall width 24.38M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 1964 UT. STATE DEPT HWYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY MORGAN CO

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS, 1967, MATERIALS, INVENTORY: SUMMIT CO.

  • Deposit

    TAFF, D., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1967 DIREXPL UT. STATE DEPT. HWYS

  • Production

    TAFF D.E., 1980, UT. GEOL AND MINERAL SURV, ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY; SUMMIT CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZITE 60%, DOLOMITE 20%, RHYOLITE 20%, MEDIUM COBBLES 80%, COARSE PEBBLES 16%, BOULDERS 4%, SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED, RED GRAY SILT MATRIX 35%, MINOR CACO3 COATINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Taff, David E. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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