Black Hollow Gravel Pit

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. 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 10012803
MRDS ID D008748
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hollow Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.87356, 39.91717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 17,600 FT S30W OF WARM SPRING MTN.

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 30 SW OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Limestone Ore
Quartz Ore
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.87356, 39.91717

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvium

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goshen Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.176HA
    Overall length 78M
    Overall width 24.69M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVG DEPTH 4 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISSELL, H.J., 1963, LAKE BONNEVILLE; GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN UTAH VALLEY, UTAH; USGS PP. 257-B

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED, SORTING IS POOR, SIZE IS COBBLE TO CLAY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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