Utah Dept. of Highways Pit. No. 26032

Past Producer in Wasatch 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088683
MRDS ID M058104
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit. No. 26032

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.09605, 40.54551 (WGS84)
Elevation 2271
Relative position 200 FT. SOUTH OF BM 7449 IN SECTION 24

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soapstone Basin(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)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 007E 24 SE OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COLLUVIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS, PERCENT PASSING 1 IN, 100%
Result 1/2 IN, 81.8%
Result NO. 4, 54.6%
Result NO. 8, 42%
Result NO. 50, 30.3%
Result NO. 200, 25.5%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.09605, 40.54551

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Soapstone Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAY, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, WASATCH CO.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, E.A., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Johnson, Elizabeth A. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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