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Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25034

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. 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 10087705
MRDS ID D008686
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25034

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.68884, 40.24523 (WGS84)
Elevation 1399
Relative position 6200 FT. N 70 W OF TIMPANOGOS SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Provo(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 007S 002E 02 NW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO SOUTH END OF PIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: 1 IN, 100
Result NO. 4, 43.7
Result NO. 10, 33.4
Result NO. 40, 20.5
Result 4.2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.68884, 40.24523
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace Or Delta

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: 0

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Provo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATED FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF PIT, SOUTH THIRD COVERED WITH HOMES

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINED OUT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.128HA
    Overall length 484.63M
    Overall width 94.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOUTHERN THIRD OF DEPOSIT HAS BEEN FILLED IN, AND BUILT ON. FIGURES ARE FOR THE NORTHERN 2/3 OF THE DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ SAND WITH INTERBEDS OF WELL ROUNDED SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE CLASTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 4 MM TO 5.5 CM. SAND MORE ABUNDANT IN LOWER PART OF DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

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

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