Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 18053

Producer in Salt Lake 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. 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 10088690
MRDS ID M058124
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 18053

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.91385, 40.46494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1420
Relative position 10,000 FEET S 20 W OF STATE PRISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(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 Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 001W 14 SW OF SE OF SE 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

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BY PERCENT PASSING. 3/4 IN, 94
Result 1/2 IN, 80.1
Result NO. 4,45.6
Result NO. 10, 28.2
Result NO. 200, 3.7

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) -111.91385, 40.46494

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lake Terrace

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mountain Flank

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROVO LEVELS OF LAKE BONNEVILLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Camp Williams Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Geneva Prod.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 311HA
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 182.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SALT LAKE COUNTY

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY; 1964, P. 13.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WELL SORTED, SUBROUNDED, CLASTS SIZE IS ABOUT 1 INCH. TO CLAY SIZE LESS THEN 10% IS CLAY AND SILT SIZE MATERIALS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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