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Ut. Dept of Hwys. No. 26018, Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Wasatch 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042013
MRDS ID M058154
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept of Hwys. No. 26018, Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.49828, 40.40688 (WGS84)
Elevation 1701
Relative position 5,100 FEET SOUTH 45 WEST OF BM 5519 IN SECTION 03

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Charleston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004E 04 SW OF SW OF SE 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
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BY PERCENT PASSING
Result 1/2 IN, 64.6
Result NO. 4, 44.2
Result NO. 10, 34.5
Result NO. 40, 27.8
Result NO. 200, 13.8

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) -111.49828, 40.40688
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 2.13M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Heber Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.095HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVG. DEPTH IS ABOUT 3 FEET, WITH THE DEEPEST BEING 5-7 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, WASATCH CO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT OF HYWS., 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, WASATCH COUNTY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SORTING IS POOR, MATERIAL IS SUBROUNDED TO SUBANGLUR

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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