Ut Dept of Hwys. No. 25085 Gravel Pit

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. 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 10087727
MRDS ID D008827
Record type Site
Current site name Ut Dept of Hwys. No. 25085 Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50605, 39.97023 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position 6500 FEET NORTH S EAST OF COTTONWOOD SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Birdseye(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 004E 05 SE OF SE OF SE 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
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SLEVE ANALYSIS

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) -111.50605, 39.97023

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thistle Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jackson, William D.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.11HA
    Overall length 48.77M
    Overall width 24.38M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981,

  • Reserve-Resource

    UT. STATE DEPT OF HWYS., 1967, P. 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MODERATELY SORTED, SUBROUNDED CLASTS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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