Johnson Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Utah 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 10088697
MRDS ID M058141
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Gravel Pit
Alternate or previous names Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit No. 25015
Related records 10179155

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.7644, 40.39133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1445
Relative position 3300 FEET S 59 E OF AMERICAN FORK TRAINING SCHOOL

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 005S 002E 18 N2 OF NE OF NW 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
Shale 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) -111.7644, 40.39133

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Provo Bench Of Lake Bonneville

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name American Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. G. And M. K. Iverson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.833HA
    Overall length 234.7M
    Overall width 78.03M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISSELL, H.J., 1963, LAKE BONNEVILLE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN UTAH VALLEY, UTAH: USGS PP. 257-B.

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HWYS., 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH CO.

  • 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 INTERBEDDED QUARTZ SAND AND CLASTS, SAND GRAINS FINE TO COARSE, QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE CLASTS ARE WELL ROUNDED, RANGING FROM 2 CM TO 8 CM

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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