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Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. I6021

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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 10087698
MRDS ID D008659
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. I6021

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.53161, 40.40466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position 1390 FT. S32W OF DEER CREEK DAM SPILLWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aspen Grove(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
005S SW OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS AND TUFF

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Terrace Gravel And Alluvium
    Rock description Terrace Gravel And Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.53161, 40.40466
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Deer Creek Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Deer Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.255HA
    Overall length 65.84M
    Overall width 51.82M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, WASATCH CO.

  • Deposit

    THORPE, K.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN GROVE QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-239.

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT OF HWYS., 1966.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUNDED TO SUBROUNDED CLASTS AVERAGING 9 CM.

Reporter information

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

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