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Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Utah 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10012761
MRDS ID D008654
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.72772, 40.31994 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position 2400 FT S 20 W OF THE 16TH N AND 12TH WEST ST INTERSECTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orem(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 002E 04,09 SE OF SE OF SW (04) Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.72772, 40.31994
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Provo Bench Of Lake Bonneville

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKETS
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Provo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.87HA
    Overall length 209.4M
    Overall width 119.18M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THE DEPOSIT IS LARGER, BUT THE SOUTHERN 2/3 OF THE PIT HAS BEEN FILLED IN AND BUILT UPON, FIGURES ARE FOR THE NORTHERN 1/3 OF THE DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THORPE, K.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A., A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE OREM QUAD: USGS MAP GQ-241

  • Production

    THORPE, K., H., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ SAND WITH ROUNDED LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE CLASTS AVERAGING 4.5 CM IN SIZE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Thorpe, Kelly H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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