Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25031

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087696
MRDS ID D008652
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25031
Alternate or previous names Hurst Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.64328, 40.32188 (WGS84)
Elevation 1506
Relative position 8600 FT. N87E OF OREM CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orem(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(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 006S 003E 06 NE OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SLEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: NO. 4, 36.9
Result NO. 10, 26.2
Result NO. 40, 14
Result NO. 200, 4.6

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.64328, 40.32188

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Normal Faults Have Offset The Deposit

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKETS
    Thickness 25.3M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 25.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace, Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Provo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Provo City Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 19.102HA
    Overall length 978.41M
    Overall width 278.89M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    THORPE, K.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A., A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE OREM QUAD: MAP GQ-241

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT OF HWYS., 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERBEDDED SAND AND QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE CLASTS WHICH ARE FAIRLY WELL ROUNDED AND RANGE IN SIZE FROM 0.5 TO 6 CM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Thorpe, Kelly H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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