Ut. Dept of Hwys. Pit No. 25051

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 10012824
MRDS ID D008777
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept of Hwys. Pit No. 25051
Alternate or previous names Valley Asphalt-Leland Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.66106, 40.08134 (WGS84)
Elevation 1416
Relative position 8500 FT. S 27 W OF SPANISH FORK CITY CEMETERY

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
Salt Lake 0085 002E 36 NE OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLASTICITY = NP SWELL=0

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SLEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT
Result 1 IN = 78, NO. 4=42, NO. 10=38, NO. 40=24, NO. 200=9

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.66106, 40.08134

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.4M

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 Spanish Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.348HA
    Overall length 67.67M
    Overall width 64.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • BLANKETS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HYWS., 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABUNDANT SAND AND SILT WITH ROUNDED QUARTZITE, SANDSTONE, AND SOME LIMESTONE CLASTS, AVERAGING 3.5 CM IN SIZE, CLASTS ARE PREDOMINANTLY IN THE UPPER 6 FT. OF THE DEPOSIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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