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Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Wasatch 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097832
MRDS ID D008660
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.51245, 40.41355 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Relative position 5000 FT. N67E OF DEER CREEK DAM SPILLWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aspen Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004E 05 SW OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAND, SILT AND CLAY SIZED PARTIEDES OF SANDSTONE, LIMESTONE, QUARTZITE AND CHERT

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 > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Deer Creek Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.35M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Deer Creek Area Grove-4

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall length 70.71M
    Overall width 67.06M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THORPE, K.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN GROVE QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-239

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 19819

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR CLASTS, GRAVEL FRACTION AVERAGING 8 CM IN DIAMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Ugms Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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