Utah Department of Highways Gravel Pit Number 29010

Producer in Weber 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 10042046
MRDS ID M058208
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Department of Highways Gravel Pit Number 29010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.93969, 41.3116 (WGS84)
Elevation 1455
Relative position 7200 FT S. 87 E. FROM BEN LOMOND CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weber(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Ogden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Weber

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007N 001W 27 NE OF NE OF SW 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
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS 1/2 IN., 75.6%
Result NO. 4, 42.5%
Result NO. 10, 25.4%
Result NO. 40, 14.1%
Result NO. 200, 2.2

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) -111.93969, 41.3116

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Depth to bottom 6.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name North Ogden Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Yearsley

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.201HA
    Overall length 64M
    Overall width 42.98M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY, WEBER COUNTY

  • 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, 1964, P. 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR, ELONGATE, GOOD SORTED MATERIAL INTERBEDDED WITH EXCELLENT SORTED SAND

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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