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Goshen Canyon Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Juab 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. 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 10087724
MRDS ID D008819
Record type Site
Current site name Goshen Canyon Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.88161, 39.87523 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Relative position 25000 FEET S 15 W OF GOSHEN ATHLETIC FIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goshen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 001W SE OF SE OF NE 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
Clay Ore
Gravel Ore

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 Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.88161, 39.87523
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lake Terrace

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wave Action

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mona Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Minerals Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.473HA
    Overall length 109.73M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA HAS BEEN WORKED OVER BY A DOZER, BUT NOT MUCH PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH COUNTY

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 90% CLAY, 10% GRAVEL, SIZE OF GRAVEL CLASTS IS BETWEEN .5 IN. TO 1.5 IN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Bishop, Charles E. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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