Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No. 15032

Producer in Morgan 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10087306
MRDS ID D006222
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No. 15032

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.52996, 41.07216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 5300 FT NW OF CROYDON CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morgan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Slide(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 Morgan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004N 004E 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MED. TO COARSE GRAIN SAND, EQUANT, ANGULAR TO SUB ANGULAR QUARTZITE PEBBLES

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS, BEFORE CRUSHING: GT 3 IN-15.3, GT 1 IN-36.3, PERCENT PASSED AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN MAX SIZE: 1 IN-100, 1/2 IN-70.9, NO. 4-47.7, NO. 10-39.4, NO 40-18.8 NO. 200-8.8, LIQUID LIMIT-18.6, SWELL-.005

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.52996, 41.07216

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Morgan Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Toone

Comments on the production information

  • NO KNOWN PRODUCTION FIGURES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 35.05M
    Overall width 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UT DEP OF HWYS, 1964 MATERIALS INVENTORY MORGAN CO.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, E.A., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL UT DEPT OF HWY

  • Production

    JOHNSON, E., 1980 ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Reserve-Resource

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY, MORGAN CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR QUARTZITE PEBBLES INTERBEDDED WITH MED. TO COARSE GRAIN SAND, NO SORTING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Johnson, Elizabeth A. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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