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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087710
MRDS ID D008702
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60967, 40.19745 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 5150 FT. N. OF U.S. FISH HATCHERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Springville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(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 007S 003E 21 SE OF SE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.60967, 40.19745
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lake Terrace

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 16.15M
    Depth to bottom 16.15M

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 Provo Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.008HA
    Overall length 13.11M
    Overall width 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A., A., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE SPRINGVILLE QUAD, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-1103

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ SAND AND SILT WITH INTERBEDDED, ROUNDED QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE CLASTS AVERAGING 6.5 CM. IN SIZE, SOME TALUS PRESENT

Reporter information

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

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