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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097837
MRDS ID D008823
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50855, 39.83078 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 6880 FT. N. 020 W OF BM 5891

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spencer Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 004E 30 SE OF NE 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
Andesite Ore
Chert Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 5.18M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 5.18M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Indianola Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.053HA
    Overall length 41.45M
    Overall width 16.46M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND AND SILT WITH SUBROUNDED CLASTS OF SANDSTONE, SILTSTONE, QUARTZITE, AND ESITE, AND CHERT, RANGING IN SIZE FROM GRAINS TO 9 CM.

Reporter information

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

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

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