Utah Department of Highways Pit No. 06025

Producer in Davis 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109644
MRDS ID M058269
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Department of Highways Pit No. 06025

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.86969, 40.92827 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 2,210 FT N 34 W OF NORTHERN MOST SAGING STATION IN SECTION 8

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davis(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bountiful Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Davis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 001E 08 NW OF NW 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
Granite Ore
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN., 92.8
Result 3/4 IN., 91.6
Result NO. 4, 76.5
Result NO. 10, 60.7
Result NO. 200, 5.3

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to bottom 5.49M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bonneville Shoreline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Farmington Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.936HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING AREA IS ONE THIRD THE DISTURBED AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1957, MATERIAL INVENTORY - DAVIS COUNTRY

  • Deposit

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Production

    SOMMER, S.N., 1981.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINE, EXCELLENTLY SORTED SAND, INTERBEDDED WITH ANGULAR, GOOD GRAVEL, SOME POORLYSORTED MATERIAL PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Sommer, Steven N. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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