Ut. Dept. of Hwys Gravel Pit No. 15037

Past Producer in Morgan 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011385
MRDS ID D006177
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys Gravel Pit No. 15037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.64301, 40.94244 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position 18000 FT S 60 W OF REDROCK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morgan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Porterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Morgan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 003E 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITES 90%, METAMORPHIC DOLOMITE AND LIMESTONES 8%, BASALT 2%, COBBLES 30% PEBBLES 65%, BOULDERS 5%, POORSONTING

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 14.4% GT 3 IN, 26% GT 1 IN/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1IN MAX: 1 IN = 100%, NO 4 = 54.3, NO 10 = 46.6, NO 40 = 37.1, NO 200 = 21.3/LIQUID LIMIT = 18.8, SWELL, .002

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) -111.64301, 40.94244

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris-Willard Thrust And Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0.3M

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

Mining district

District name Morgan District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. Bushell

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.339HA
    Overall length 107.29M
    Overall width 33.53M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 1964 UT. STATE DEPT HIGHWAY MATERIALS INVENTORY MORGAN CO.

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS, 1964, MATERIALS INVENTORY: MORGAN CO.

  • Deposit

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E., 1980, UT. GEOL AND MINERAL SUR. ON SITE INVEST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZITES 90%, LIMESTONES, 8%, BASALT 2%, COBBLES 30% PEBBLES 68%, BOULDERS 2%, POOR SORTING ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED, SMALL AMOUNT OF CACO3 COATINGS, 75% RED SILTY CLAY MATRIX

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Taff, David E. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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