Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. Z6027

Past Producer in Wasatch 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088764
MRDS ID M058494
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. Z6027

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.2916, 40.36856 (WGS84)
Elevation 2140
Relative position 11.5 MILES SE OF HEBER CITY HIGHWAY JUNC. US. 189

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(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 Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
005S 006E 20 SW OF NW 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
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS, NO. 4, 21.6
Result NO. 10,13.3
Result NO. 40 7.6
Result NO. 200, 3.8.

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) -111.2916, 40.36856

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Depth to bottom 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Slope Wash

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Daniels Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.054HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 11.89M

Comments on the workings information

  • HIGH WALL IS 40 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIAL INVENTORY, WASATCH COUNTY

  • Deposit

    SOMMER, S.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS

  • Production

    SOMMER, S.H., 1981,

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY SORTED; ANGULAR CLASTS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.