Utah Dept, of Highways Borrow Pit #14114

Past Producer in Millard 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10010586
MRDS ID D004378
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept, of Highways Borrow Pit #14114

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.03223, 38.92773 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF GARRISON, UTAH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garrison(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 019W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC. 6.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD GRAVEL

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: AFTER CRUSHING TO 1" MAX. SIZE: NO. 10 = 66.9%
Result NO. 40 = 58.6%
Result NO. 200 = 27.9%
Result PLASTOTY INDEX = 1.9.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.03223, 38.92773

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Floodplain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 20 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS 1966 MATERIALS INVENTORY.

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979: UT GEOL. & MIN SURV: ON SITE INVESTIGATIO

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ROUNDED TO ROUNDED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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