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Draper Gravel Pit No. 3

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. 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 10088726
MRDS ID M058293
Record type Site
Current site name Draper Gravel Pit No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.84718, 40.62327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1384
Relative position 4,900 FT N 06 E OF UNION CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Draper(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 002S 001E 28 NW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO A REPRESENTATIVE POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

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
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.84718, 40.62327
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bonneville Shoreline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cottonwood Heights Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Beehive Sand And Gravel, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.836HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WELL SORTED, ROUNDED, EQUANT GRANITE COBBLES INTERBEDDED WITH POORLY SORTED SANDSTONE AND QUARTZITE COBBLES, 60% ANGULAR DECOMPOSED GRANITE CLAST.

Reporter information

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

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