Utah Department of Highways Gravel Pit Number 06040

Past Producer in Davis 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10041959
MRDS ID M058031
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Department of Highways Gravel Pit Number 06040

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.91247, 40.833 (WGS84)
Elevation 1340
Relative position 9,200 FT N 38 W FROM MERIDIAN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davis(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salt Lake City North(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 Davis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 001W 11 NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT ONLY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS 1 IN., 100.0%, 3/4 IN., 89.7%
Result 1/2 IN., 73.7%
Result NO.4, 46.3%
Result NO. 10, 30.4%
Result NO. 200, 4.7%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.91247, 40.833

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bonneville Shoreline

Comments on the geologic information

  • LAKE BONNEVILLE GRAVEL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hot Springs Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kimball

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.753HA
    Overall length 150M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS INVENTORY, 1957, MATERIALS INVENTORY, DAVIS CO.

  • Deposit

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1957, P. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXCELLENT SORTED SAND GRADING TO POOR, SUBROUNDED, EQUANT, 20% CLAST GRAVEL IN TO NORTHEAST; YELLOW AND RED STAINING IN THE EAST SIDE, BED ROCK EXPOSED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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