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Borrow Pit

Past Producer in Utah 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. 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 10097831
MRDS ID D008623
Record type Site
Current site name Borrow Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10219, 40.30661 (WGS84)
Elevation 1547
Relative position 6000 FT. S16E OF CEDAR FORT CEMETARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Fort(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 002W 07 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
Quartz Ore
Quartzite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10219, 40.30661
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MATERIAL MAKING UP THIS FAN OF FANGLOMERATE IS POORLY SORTED, WITH LITTLE CEMENTING MATERIAL, COMPOSED OF BOULDERS OF ALL SIZES, COBBLES, SAND, AND SILT IN A HETEROGENEOUS ARRANGEMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cedar Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.438HA
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEBBLES AND COBBLES OF QUARTZ, QUARTZITE, LIMESTONE (95PER.): AND IGNEOUS ROCKS (5PER.); EMBEDDED IN A SILTY AND CLAYEY MATRIX; CARBONATE COATINGS ON 80 PERC. OF PEBBLES AND COBBLES; SORTING POOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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