Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. 22011

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10088680
MRDS ID M058097
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. 22011

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28994, 40.61022 (WGS84)
Elevation 1972
Relative position 2,500 FEET S 89 W OF FRANCIS BM 6560

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Francis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 006E 32 NW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS, LIN., 100% 3/4 W., 87.5%, 1/2 IN., 64.9%, NO. 4, 37.0%, NO. 10, 29.2%, NO. 200, 5.6, LIQ LT. 18.9

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) -111.28994, 40.61022

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 4M
    Depth to bottom 40M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Yerrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rhodes Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.966HA
    Overall length 220M
    Overall width 68.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SUMMIT COUNTY

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINE SAND CLASTS WITH POBBLE TO BOULDER SIZE QUARTZITE AND CARBONATE ROCK; QUARTZITE AND SAND STONE DOMINATE; ROUNDED TO SUBROUNDED PARTICLES; COARSE TO FAIE SORTING; MINOR VOLCANICS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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