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Unidentified Gravel Pit

Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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 10020998
MRDS ID DC14654
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.81079, 40.633 (WGS84)
Elevation 1434
Relative position 14,000 FT S52W OF MOUNT OLYMPUS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sugar House(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 001E 23 SE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.81079, 40.633
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to bottom 11.89M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bonneville Shoreline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Savage Brothers

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.505HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 82.3M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SALT LAKE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS

  • Deposit

    VAN HORN, R., 1972, SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SUGAR HOUSE QUADRANGLE, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: USGD MAP I-766-A.

  • Production

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY SORTED, EQUANT, SUBROUNDED MATERIALS INTERBEDDED WITH WELL SORTED, SUBANGULAR SAND, SMALL PERCENTAGE OF ROUNDED GRANITE COBBLES AND BOULDERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Sommer, Steven N. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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