Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 25111

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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087699
MRDS ID D008665
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 25111

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.62384, 40.26467 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position 3050 FT. S 37 W OF SQUAW MTN. PEAK ELEV. 7876 FT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridal Veil Falls(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
006S 003E 29 SE OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAND, SILT; QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE CLASTS

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.62384, 40.26467

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream 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 Provo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. Mc Fadden

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.045HA
    Overall length 32.92M
    Overall width 17.07M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH CO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1972, GEOLOGY OF THE BRIDAL VEIL FALLS QUAD.: USGS MAP GQ-998.

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981,

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAN AND SILT WITH ABUNDANT, SUBROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE CLASTS

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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