Ut. Dept of Hwy Gravel Pit 22060

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011477
MRDS ID D006382
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept of Hwy Gravel Pit 22060

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.95882, 40.62634 (WGS84)
Elevation 2670
Relative position 1.3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUCKHORN LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mirror Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 009E 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUB-ANGULAR TO ROUNDED QUARTZITE COBBLES, BOULDERS, AND PEBBLES, FINE TO MEDIUM SAND

Analytical data

Result LIQUID LIMIT-13.9, SIEVE ANALYSIS
Result PERCENT PASSED AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN MAX
Result 1 IN-1000 3/4 IN - 91.9 1/2 IN - 74.9, NO. 4-45.0, NO 10-33.1, NO 200-6.8

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.95882, 40.62634

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • NO PIT. SMALL AREA NEAR STREAM WHERE GRAVELS HAD BEEN COLLECTED FROM SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UT DEPT OF HWY, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SUMMIT CO

  • Deposit

    1967 DIREXPL UT. DEPT OF HWY

  • Production

    JOHNSON, E., 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOL AND MIN SURV

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM DEPOSIT OF COBBLES, BOULDERS, AND PEBBLES MADE OF QUARTZITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Johnson, Elizabeth A. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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