Gravel Pit 14043

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10010682
MRDS ID D004570
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit 14043
Alternate or previous names Cove Fort Gravel Pit #3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60162, 38.70913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Relative position 5.65 MILES NNW 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)

Lower Beaver(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 024S 007W 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, SE 1/4, NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS:BEFORE:73":18.5
Result 71":39.9
Result 1":100
Result 1/2":60.5
Result #4:40.0
Result #10:32.3
Result #40:12.3
Result #200:4.5
Result LIQUID LIMIT:25.2
Result PLASTICITY INDEX:N.P.
Result SWELL:.008
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION:A-1-A

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.60162, 38.70913

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pediment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Interstate 15

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 3.345HA
    Overall length 250M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 1 YD

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

  • Deposit

    1965 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN R. 1979

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF MILLARD COUNTY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR TO ROUNDED, EQUANT TO TABULAR, INTERBEDDED SAND, 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.