Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 01064 and 01065

Past Producer in Beaver 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10010611
MRDS ID D004419
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 01064 and 01065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.63749, 38.52218 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF LIME POINT AND JUST NORTH WEST OF SOLS KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Valley Hardpan South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 016W 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: (% PASSING) BEFORE CRUSHING: GREATER THAN 3" 5%, GREATER THAN 1" 16%, 1" 100%: AFTER: #4 50.5%, #10 36.8%, #40 21.4%

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.63749, 38.52218

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Wah Wah Mtns

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wah Wah Summit Area

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 0.018HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS AND RESEARCH DIVISION: MATERIALS INVENTORY: BEAVER COUNTY UTAH

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCASIONAL USE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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