U.D.H. Potential Gravel Pit No. 14045

Occurrence 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010681
MRDS ID D004569
Record type Site
Current site name U.D.H. Potential Gravel Pit No. 14045

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.59996, 38.65774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position 3.65 MILES WEST OF DOG VALLEY PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dog Valley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 007W 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result DRILLING NECESSARY TO OBTAIN EXTENT OF DEPOSITS

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) -112.59996, 38.65774

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 213.36M
    Width 243.84M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Interstate 15

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DRILLING AND SAMPLING NEEDED BY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE RESERVES

Comments on the workings information

  • POTENTIAL SITE-NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS AND RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNT

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THIS REVIEW

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO ROUNDED, EQUANT AND TABULAR, INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT

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.