Lehi Gravel Pit

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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106917
MRDS ID M058144
Record type Site
Current site name Lehi Gravel Pit
Alternate or previous names Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pits No. 25004 and No. 25007
Related records 10203880

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.85551, 40.41883 (WGS84)
Elevation 1445
Relative position 4800 FT. S 82 W OF SEC. 4 BM. 4786

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(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)

Utah Lake(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 005S 001E 05 NE 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

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT PASSING NO. 4=68.9, NO. 10=53.2, NO. 40=14.8, NO. 200=5.2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.85551, 40.41883

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Provo Bench Of Lake Bonneville

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 11.28M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 11.28M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name American Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lehi City, Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 25.496HA
    Overall length 686.71M
    Overall width 515.11M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISSELL, H.,J., 1963, LAKE BONNEVILLE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN UTAH VALLEY, UTAH: USGS PP. 257-B

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HWYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH CO.

  • Deposit

    THORPE, K.,H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    THORPE, K.H., 1981

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT. HWYS, 1967, P. 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABUNDANT QUARTZ SAND WITH WELL ROUNDED SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE PEBBLES AVERAGING IN SIZE TO ABOUT 2.5CM TOP 2.7 FT., CONSISTS PREDOMINANTLY OF PEBBLES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Thorpe, Kelly H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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