Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14065

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10010653
MRDS ID D004511
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40607, 39.17552 (WGS84)
Elevation 1445
Relative position 14,000 FT SOUTH OF MCCORMICK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCornick(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 019S 005W 10,09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 10: NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SECTION 9: SE 1/4, SE 1/4, NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Conglomerate Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS:1":100
Result 1/2":70.4
Result NO. 4:44.8
Result NO. 10:32.9
Result NO. 40:18.5
Result NO. 200:6.9
Result LIQUID LIMIT:14.9
Result PLASTICITY INDEX:N.P.
Result SWELL:.007
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 Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.40607, 39.17552

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ira Tanner

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.268HA
    Overall length 135M
    Overall width 86.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 YDS; ADJACCENT PIT IN SECTION 10 AT 80 YDS X 80 YDS X 2 YDS (25%)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF MILLARD CO.

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS AND RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS AND INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNTY, 196

  • Production

    STEGEN R.J. 1979-GEOLOGIST

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTORY OF MILLARD COUNTY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBROUNDED TO WELLROUNDED EQUANT, DEPOSIT CONTAINS INTERBEDDED SAND, SILT AND SOME CLAY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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