Ut Dept. of Hwys. Pit No. 25065

Past Producer in Utah 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10012802
MRDS ID D008747
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept. of Hwys. Pit No. 25065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78356, 39.96439 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 2000 FEET SOUTH OF SANTAQUIN CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santaquin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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 010S 001E 12 NE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SWELL=.13, PLASTICITY=NP, LIQUID LIM=22

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SLEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: .5 INC., 620
Result NO. 4, 38.1
Result NO 8, 29.8
Result NO. 50, 14
Result NO. 200, 8.8

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78356, 39.96439

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santaquin Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.5HA
    Overall length 230M
    Overall width 71.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVG. DEPTH 4 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH COUNTY

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    BISHOP C, 1981

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT OF HWYS, 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUNDED TO WELL ROUNDED, BOTH EQUANT AND TABULAR IN SHAPE, GRAVEL QUITE CLEAN OF SAND, COBBLE SIZE PREDOMINATING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Bishop, Charles E. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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