Udoh Pit No. 25055

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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012823
MRDS ID D008776
Record type Site
Current site name Udoh Pit No. 25055

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63689, 40.04439 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Relative position 1.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALEM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spanish Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(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
009S 003E 08 NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATELY 9250 FEET NORTHEAST OF SALEM CITY CEMETERY. INDICATED ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AS GRAVEL PIT IMMEDIATELY WEST OF WATER CANYON IN WASATCH RANGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SWELL=.007, PLASTICITY=NP, LIQUID LIM= 18.0

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: .5IN., 76.6
Result NO.4, 37.9
Result NO.8, 29.2
Result NO.50, 14.5
Result NO.200, 7.6

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63689, 40.04439

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lake Terrace

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mountain Flank

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Spanish Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sumsion And Sons Construction Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 11.048HA
    Overall length 679.7M
    Overall width 271.27M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY FOR UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: UDOH FILES.

  • Deposit

    THORPE, K. H., 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS FILES.

  • Production

    THORPE (1981)

  • Reserve-Resource

    UDOH (1967)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABUNDANT SAND AND SILT WITH SUBROUNDED QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE CLASTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM GRAINS TO 4.5 CM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Unknown Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1994 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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