Utah Dept of Hwys Pit #01009

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010718
MRDS ID D004625
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept of Hwys Pit #01009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.63579, 38.38941 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES NORTH OF MANDERFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gillies Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(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

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 028S 007W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4, SW 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: GREATER THAN 1"=40%
Result 1"=100%, 1/2"=75.9%, #10=28.5%, #40=11.7%, #200=6%
Result SWELL=.031, CLASS A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.63579, 38.38941

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin/Plateau Transition

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Newton District

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
    Overall length 295M
    Overall width 164.59M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH: 10 FT-20 FT-AVE 8'

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UT DEPT HWYS MATERIALS INVENT. BEAVER COUNTY

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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