Ut Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit No. 25086

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 10012852
MRDS ID D008826
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit No. 25086

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.53577, 39.95051 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position 7400 FEET SOUTH 95 WEST OF COTTONWOOD SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Birdseye(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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 010S 003E 13 NE OF NW OF SW 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
Andesite Ore
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SLEVE ANALYSIS 5 IN. 76.3%
Result NO. 4 56.9% NO. 10 46.2%
Result NO. 40 30.5%
Result NO. 200 9.-%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.53577, 39.95051

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Thistle Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Oberhansly

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.077HA
    Overall length 33.53M
    Overall width 24.38M

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 MIN. SURVEY

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981,

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT. HWYS., 1967,. P.19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLASTS ARE ROUNDED RANGING IN SIZE FROM 5 INCH IN DIAMETER TO CLAY SIZE SORTING IS FAIR, CLAST MATERIALS ARE QUARTZITE, LIMESTONE, ANDESITE, CONGLOMERATES,

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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