Utah Dept of Highways Gravel Pit # 14089

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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  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 10010619
MRDS ID D004434
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept of Highways Gravel Pit # 14089

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.02387, 39.17634 (WGS84)
Elevation 1436
Relative position 5200 FEET NE OF CONSTRUCTION RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier 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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 019S 010W 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, SE 1/4, NW 1/4 SECTION 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD GRAVEL; CLEAN.

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 1'': 100
Result NO. 4: 13.9
Result NO. 10: 5.8
Result NO. 40: 4.8
Result NO. 200: 0.8
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 18.1
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: N.P.
Result SWELL: .010
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.02387, 39.17634

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5.895HA
    Overall length 150M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 1 YD. NORTH PIT IS 225 YDS X 175 YDS; AV. DEPTH 2 YDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH HIGHWAY DEPT. 1966 MATERIALS SURVEY OF MILLARD COUNTY

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNT

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH HIGHWAY DEPT

  • Production

    STEGAN, R.J., 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUNDED TO WELL-ROUNDED; PREDAN. TABULAR AND PROLATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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