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White Knoll Pit

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Aggregate, Light Weight
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041975
MRDS ID M058070
Record type Site
Current site name White Knoll Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.95496, 40.17494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Relative position 12000 FEET N 5 E OF CLYDE KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soldiers Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 001W 28 SE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aggregate, Light Weight Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Group
    Rock description Salt Lake Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.95496, 40.17494
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Lake Mountain Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Soldiers Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.079HA
    Overall length 54.86M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 FT HIGHWALL, 5 FT. AVERAGE PIT DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A.L., AND BURANEK, A.M., 1948, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE MOUNTAINS, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, CIR. NO. 35, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    BISHOP C, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1951, GEOLOGY OF LAKE MOUNTAIN, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 41, 46 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRAGMENTS ATTAIN A MAXIMUM DIMENSION OF 12 INCHES

Reporter information

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

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