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Utah Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25033

Past Producer in Utah 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10087703
MRDS ID D008676
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25033

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.70495, 40.27217 (WGS84)
Elevation 1436
Relative position 1030 FT. DUE S OF 12TH S AND 4TH W. INTERSECTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orem(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(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 006S 002E SE OF NE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SLEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: NO. 4, 42.8
Result NO. 10, 35.4
Result NO. 40, 23.7
Result NO. 200, 3.2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.70495, 40.27217
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Provo Bench Of Lake Bonneville

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 8.84M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 8.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Delta

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Provo Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Road Commission

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.052HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 98.76M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH COUNTY

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE OREM QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-241

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    THORPE, K., H., 1981

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT. HWYS. 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOP 4 FT. OF THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS MAINLYOF WELL ROUNDED SANDSTONE CLASTS WITH OCCASIONAL LIMESTONE CLASTS, AVERAGING 5.5 CM; UNDERLAIN BY QUARTZ SAND AND QUARTZITE GRAVEL

Reporter information

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

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