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Utah Highway Dept Gravel Pit #14085

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011293
MRDS ID D005873
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Highway Dept Gravel Pit #14085

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.82553, 39.44273 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position 2.10 MILES NNE OF ABRAHAM RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smelter Knolls East(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)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 016S 009W 11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4 SEC 11 FOR 1 PIT, E 1/2, NE 1/4, SEC 11 FOR SECOND PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FAN GRAVEL, MUCH LAKE CLAY SAND & SILT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS 1":100, #4:33.4, #10:26.2, #40:17.3, #200:2.1, LIQUID LIMIT: 2.1, PLASTICITY INDEX: NP, SWELL: .020, 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) -112.82553, 39.44273
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION FIGURE EXCEEDS THE HIGHWAY DEPT RESERVES ESTIMATE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.799HA
    Overall length 225M
    Overall width 82.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV DEPTH 3 YDS, SECOND PIT MEASURES 135 YDS X 85 YDS AV DEPTH 2 YDS, OTHER PIT AT 400 YDS X 110 YDS X 7 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS 1966 MATERIAL SURVEY, MILLARD CO

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS (1966

  • Production

    STEGAN, R J, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SURV

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO ROUNDED, EQUANT, TABULAR, & PROLATE

Reporter information

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

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