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Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Utah 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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087701
MRDS ID D008670
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.73635, 40.39188 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 4550 FT EAST OF MANILA CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timpanogos Cave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 002E 17 NE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    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) -111.73635, 40.39188
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 18.29M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mountain Flank

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: 0

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.153HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 81.38M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1961, GEOLOGIC MOP OF THE TIMPANOGOS CAVE QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-132

  • Production

    THORPE., K.H., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOP 40 FT CONSISTS OF QUARTZ SAND WITH QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE CLASTS INTERBEDDED, UNDERLAIN BY BLACK ORGANIC SHALE.

Reporter information

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

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