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Unidentifie Occurrence

Past Producer in Salt Lake 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10088654
MRDS ID M058026
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentifie Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.98746, 40.55133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1460
Relative position 13500 FT SOUTH 16 DEGREES WEST FROM WITE FORT CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midvale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 001W 18 SE OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1975 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.98746, 40.55133
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 5.49M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bonneville Shoreline

Comments on the geologic information

  • LAKE BONNEVILLE SHORELINE GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Midas Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.615HA
    Overall length 105M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SALT LAKE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXCELLENT, GOOD, AND POORLY SORTED MATERIAL INTERBEDDED; CLASTS SUBANGULOR; MANY THIN INTERBEDS OF HEAVILY IRON STAINED GRAVELS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Sommer, Steven N. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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