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Salt Lake Valley Sand and Gravel Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088687
MRDS ID M058116
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Lake Valley Sand and Gravel Pit
Alternate or previous names Point of the Mountain Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.89857, 40.45716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Relative position 4350 FEET EAST OF MOUNT SIDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jordan Narrows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(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 004S 001W 24 SW OF SW 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
Quartz Ore
Quartzite 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) -111.89857, 40.45716
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lake Terrace

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Spit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lehi Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Salt Lake Valley Sand And Gravel
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fogle Ready Mix

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.804HA
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLTON, S.H., 1977, UTAH MINERAL INDUSTRY OPERATOR DIRECTORY: UGMS BULL. 111

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Everts, Michael L. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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