Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25 107

Past Producer in Utah 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10042067
MRDS ID M058265
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25 107

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.46521, 40.05134 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position 13,500 FEET S 54 W OF PALMYRA CAMPGROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Billies Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 004E 10 NW OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SWELL=.027, LIQUID LIM=18.3, GRAVELS ARE QUARTZITE AND CONGLOMERATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BY PERCENT PASSING NO. 4, 42.,,
Result NO. 10, 31.8%
Result NO. 40, 18.3%
Result NO. 200, 6.8%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.46521, 40.05134

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Little Diamond Creek Fault; Wanrhodes Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Diamond Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL BENCHES CUT IN THE SIDE OF THE HILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HWYS., 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH CO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981,

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT. HYWS, 1967.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAST SIZE REAR FROM 3 INCH IN DIAMETER TO SILT SIZE, POORLY SORTED, SUBROUNDED TO ROUNDED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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