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Guard Station Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Summit 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. 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 10011483
MRDS ID D006391
Record type Site
Current site name Guard Station Gravel Pit
Related records 10179678

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.17741, 40.94717 (WGS84)
Elevation 2633
Relative position 1 MILE ENE OF HOLE IN THE ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hole In The Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Forest(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 016E 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Slope Wash
    Rock description Slope Wash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.17741, 40.94717
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Flank Of Mtns.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Beaver Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.506HA
    Overall length 70M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1972, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURV.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MODERATELY TO POORLY SORTED SUBANGULAR, MOSTLY TO COBBLE-SIZED WITH OCCASIONAL 1 FT. BOULDERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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