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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101760
MRDS ID D008700
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.62078, 40.20412 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position 8000 FT. N22W OF US FISH HATCHERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Springville(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

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 003E 17 S OF W 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
Clay Ore
Sand Ore
Sandstone Ore
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.62078, 40.20412
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Provo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.376HA
    Overall length 92.96M
    Overall width 81.08M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE SPRINGVILLE QUAD, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-1103

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND WITH FEW QUARTZITE AND SANDSTONE CLASTS IN THE UPPER 7 FT. OF THE DEPOSIT. CLASTS ARE ROUNDED AND AVERAGE 4 CM IN SIZE, ABUNDANT SILT THROUGHTOUT.

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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