Maple Hollow Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Salt Lake 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10098485
MRDS ID M058151
Record type Site
Current site name Maple Hollow Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.87218, 40.49216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1445
Relative position 6,500 FEET N 80 W OF POTATO HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lehi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(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 004S 001E 08 NW OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

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) -111.87218, 40.49216

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Deposit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lehi Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.438HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERY LITTLE PRODUCTION, WORKINGS CONSISTS OF A DOZER PUSHING THE TOP SOIL AROUND TO FORM 2 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SALT LAKE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WELL ROUNDED, CLASTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 0.5 TO 6 CM

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.