Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25097

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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042112
MRDS ID M058394
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25097

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28716, 39.95273 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 5000 FT. N 10 E OF DAVIS HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mill Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 006E 18 SW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SWELL = .001 LIQUID LIM = 21

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BY PERCENT PASSING
Result 1/2 IN, 76.5%
Result NO.4, 54.9%
Result NO. 8, 49.9%
Result NO.50, 39.3%
Result NO.200, 24.5%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.28716, 39.95273

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Charleston Thrust Fault; Diamond Fork Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Spanish Fork Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.134HA
    Overall length 51.82M
    Overall width 27.43M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH COUNTY

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE STRAWBERRY VALLEY QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP I-931.

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, R.C., 1972, GEOLOGY OF THE MILL FORK AREA, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 19, PT. 1, P. 65-88.

  • Production

    BISHOP, C. 1981

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HWYS., 1967,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY SILTY AND CLAYEY, CLASTS ARE POORLY SORTED,SUBANGULAR, SIZE RANGES FROM COBBLES TO CLAY SIZED

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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