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Gravel Pit

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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087716
MRDS ID D008733
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.75939, 39.98439 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 9000 FEET N 50 E OF SANTAQUIN CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santaquin(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 009S 002E 31 SE OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CEMENT AGGREGATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

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) Maxfield Limestone and Ophir Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santaquin Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rock Products

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.282HA
    Overall length 42.67M
    Overall width 70.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 PITS, THE DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE FOR THE LARGEST PIT, MINING METHOSD, WAS MOSTLY SLOPE CAVING OTHER PIT SIZES 130 X 110, AND 160 X 80 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOSTLY SAND, SUBROUNDED GRAVEL, SORTING IS FAIR

Reporter information

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

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