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Nebo Loop Gravel Pit

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 10111291
MRDS ID D008833
Record type Site
Current site name Nebo Loop Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.68828, 39.88273 (WGS84)
Elevation 2661
Relative position 10,000 FEET N 80 W OF GENTLE BAND SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Payson Lakes(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

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 011S 002E 10 NW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1979 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.68828, 39.88273
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mount Nebo District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PIT AT TIME OF INVESTIGATION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.57HA
    Overall length 500M
    Overall width 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT WAS BEING EXPANDED AT THE TIME OF THE INVESTIGATION

Comments on development

  • THERE WAS A CRUSHER AT THE SITE, MAKING ROAD FILL AT THE TIME OF THE ON SITE INVESTIGATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOSTLY CLAY, LARGE CLASTS ARE MOSTLY QUARTZITE AND SIZE VARIES FROM 6 INCHES TO .5 INCHES SORTING IS FAIR, SUBANGULAR ROUNDING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Bishop, Charles E. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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