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Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 18048

Past Producer in Salt Lake 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. Ownership information
  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 10041995
MRDS ID M058120
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 18048

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.91135, 40.4605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1484
Relative position 1500 FEET N 33 E OF MOUNT SIDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jordan Narrows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 001W 23 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 11.4% GRAVEL, 42.2% COARSE SAND, 42.1% FINE SAND, 4.3% CLAY AND SILT

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BY PERCENT PASSING NO. 4, 94.2, NO. 10, 88.6, NO. 200, 4.3

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 Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.91135, 40.4605
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lake Terrace
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mountain Flank

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROVO TO ALPINE SAND AND GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Camp Williams Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John W. Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.088HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SALT LAKE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UT. STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY, 1964, P. 12.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR CLASTS, SORTING IS GOOD, AVERAGE SIZE OF GRAVEL IS ABOUT 3 CM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) 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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