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Ut Dept. of Highway Gravel Pit No. 18047

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 10041996
MRDS ID M058121
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept. of Highway Gravel Pit No. 18047

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.90551, 40.46855 (WGS84)
Elevation 1481
Relative position 8000 FEET S 8 W OF UTAH STATE PRISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jordan Narrows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(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 004S 001W 13 SW OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAVEL 18.4%, COARSE SAND 34%, FINE SAND, 7.9%, CLAY & SILT 39.7%

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BY PERCENT PASSING 3/4 IN, 92.9
Result NO. 4, 86.2
Result NO. 10, 81.6
Result NO. 200, 39.7

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • 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) -111.90551, 40.46855
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Littoral Currents

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALPINE LEVELS OF LAKE BONNEVILLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Camp Williams Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Staker Paving Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.366HA
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO THE SOUTH

Comments on development

  • PIT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO THE SOUTH (MAJOR WORKINGS)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SALT LAKE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SORTING IS GOOD, SUBROUNDED TO SUBANGLUR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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