Kimball Junction Pit

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. Geologic structures
  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 10011495
MRDS ID D006408
Record type Site
Current site name Kimball Junction Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.55078, 40.72911 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 2,100 FT. NW OF KIMBALL JCT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park City West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUB-ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED QUARTZITE COBBLES AND PEBBLES, FINE SAND.

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) -111.55078, 40.72911

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mount Raymond Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 266.7M
    Overall width 175.26M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UT DEPT OF HWYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY SUMMIT CO

  • Deposit

    1967 DIREXPL UT DEPT OF HWY

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO SUB-ROUNDED COBBLES AND PEBBLES OF QUARTZITE AND CARBONATE, FINE SAND, NO BEDDING, NO SORTING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Johnson, Elizabeth A. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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