Gravel Pit In Sec. 20

Past Producer in Summit 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101660
MRDS ID D006437
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit In Sec. 20

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.95243, 40.63467 (WGS84)
Elevation 2670
Relative position .25 MILES SOUTH OF SLATE GORGE OVERLOOK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mirror Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 009E 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINE SAND, ANGULAR TO SUB-ANGULAR QUARTZITE PEBBLES TO BOULDERS

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 213.36M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL AREAS OF RIDGE HAVE BEEN EXCAVATED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UT. GEOL. AND MIN SUR

  • Deposit

    1967 DIREXPL UT STATE DEPT HWYS

  • Production

    JOHNSON, E.A., 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UT. GEOL AND MINER SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHOLE RIDGE CONSISTS OF SAND AND GRAVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Johnson, Elizabeth A. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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