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Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit No. 25011

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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088695
MRDS ID M058136
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit No. 25011
Alternate or previous names Savage Brothers Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.76023, 40.43355 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 2400 FT. W 4 N OF SEC. 32 BM. 5044

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lehi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(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 002E 31 SE 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
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT PASSING 1 IN=100, NO. 4=37.4, NO. 10=25.2, NO. 40=10.3, NO. 200=4.9

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.76023, 40.43355
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 28.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 28.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Delta

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name American Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah County

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.335HA
    Overall length 339.24M
    Overall width 131.06M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS., 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH COUNTY

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT. HYWS., 1967, P. 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ SAND WITH ABUNDANT WELL ROUNDED LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE CLASTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 0.3 TO 5.5 CM. SILT IS ABUNDANT, SOME CLAY PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Thorpe, Kelly H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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