Ut Dept of Highways Pit No. 22070

Past Producer in Summit 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. 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 10087307
MRDS ID D006224
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept of Highways Pit No. 22070

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.53607, 40.98577 (WGS84)
Elevation 1762
Relative position 15600 FT N64E OF RED ROCK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Canyon Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 004E 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PEBBLES 68% ANGULAR TO V. ANGULAR, COBBLES LARGE AND MEDIUM 30% SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED, BOULDERS APROX. 1 FT 2%

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS % PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN MAX: 1 IN = 100% 3/4 IN = 91.0%, 1/2 IN = 71.3%, NO. 4 = 47.1%, NO. 10 = 38.9%, NO 200 = 6.1%

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) -111.53607, 40.98577

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris-Willard Thrust And Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

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 Morgan District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.538HA
    Overall length 146.3M
    Overall width 39.01M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 1963 UT. ST. DEPT HWYS MATERIALS INVENTORY SUMMIT CO.

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY: SUMMIT COUNTY

  • Deposit

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1963 DIREPXL 1963 UT. STATE DEPT HWY

  • Production

    TAFF D.E., 1980, UT. GEOL. AND MINERAL SUR. ON SITE INVEST.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UT DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY SUMMIT CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEBBLES COARSE AND MEDIUM 68%, COBBLES LARGE 30% BOULDERS SMALL 2%, VERY ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED MATERIAL, POOR SORTING 60% RED SILTY CLAY MATRIX-QUARTZITES (CONGLOM., SILT STONES)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Taff, David E. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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