Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit 25061

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097834
MRDS ID D008757
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit 25061

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.75939, 40.00162 (WGS84)
Elevation 1457
Relative position 19,450 FT. S16E OF TANNERRESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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 009S 002 30 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
Clay Ore
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BY PERCENT PASSING
Result 5 IN
Result 69.6%
Result NO 4, 35.5%, NO. 10, 25.8%
Result NO. 40, 15.7%
Result NO 200, 6.7%

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
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.75939, 40.00162

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Saunders Livestock

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT IS ABOUT 10 FEET DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. HYWS., 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH CO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT. HYWS., 1967

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Bishop, Charles E. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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