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South Echo Utah Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Summit 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. 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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106556
MRDS ID D006465
Record type Site
Current site name South Echo Utah Gravel Pit
Related records 10276666

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.44106, 40.97438 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 4500 FT N 31 W OF ECHO RESERVOIR SPILLWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coalville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 004E 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE 100%, SMALL COBBLES 50% COARSE PEBBLES 50%, SILT MATRIX 50%, WELL SORTED

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.44106, 40.97438
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 20M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel Bar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Morgan District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.022HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 7.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, UT. GEOL AND MINERAL SUR., ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZITE 100%, COARSE PEBBELS 50%, SMALL COBBLES 50%, SILT MATRIX 40%, WELL SORTED, SUBANGULAR-SUBROUNDED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Taff, David E. Bureau of Land Management

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