Ut. Dept. of Hwys Pit No 22015

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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011519
MRDS ID D006466
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys Pit No 22015

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.41189, 40.91938 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position 3,500 FT N 74 W OF COALVILLE UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coalville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 002N 005E 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1967 EDITION; SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE 60%, DOLOMITE 40%, PEBBLES 80% COBBLES 20%, SUBROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS-% PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN MAX: 1 IN = 100%, 3/4 IN = 88.9% 1/2 IN = 69.2%, NO 4 = 40.8%, NO 10 = 35.6%, NO 200 = 12.1%/LIQUID LIMIT = 18.2

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) -111.41189, 40.91938

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Morgan District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Rees

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.153HA
    Overall length 156.06M
    Overall width 146.3M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 1967, UT, STATE DEPT. HWYS. MATERIALS INVENTORY SUMMIT CO.

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY: SUMMIT C

  • Deposit

    1967 DIREXPL UT. STATE DEPT HWY

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, UT. GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY ON SITE INVEST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZITE 60%, DOLOMITE 40%, PEBBLES 80%, COBBLES 20% SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED, MOD SORTING, VERY FINE SANDY SILT MATRIX 40%, FEW BOULDERS 1 FT. IN SIZE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Taff, David E. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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