Ut. Dept of Hwys Pit No 22055

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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087366
MRDS ID D006447
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept of Hwys Pit No 22055

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.47578, 41.00883 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Relative position 6700 FT S65E OF HENEFER UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henefer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(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 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE 100%, COBBLES 80% 6 IN, COARSE PEBBLES 20%, WELL ROUNDED TO ROUNDED, WELL SORTED

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN MAX: 1 IN = 100%, 3/4 IN = 91.0 1/2 IN = 71.8, NO 4 = 45.9, NO 10 = 36.3, NO 200 = 5.0/LIQUID LIMIT = 14.9

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) Frontier Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 5.49M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
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 1.005HA
    Overall length 136.55M
    Overall width 78.03M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 1967, UT. STATE DEPT. HWYS., MATERIALS INVENTORY SUMMIT CO

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT OF HWYS, 1967 MATERIALS RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SUMMIT CO.

  • Deposit

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, ON SITE INVEST.: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1967 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT HWY

  • Production

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

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZITE 100%, 6 IN COBBLES 80%, COARSE PEBBLES 20%, MOD. WELL SORTED, ROUNDED TO WELL ROUNDED, 40% RED SILT MATRIX

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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