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Ut. Dept. of Hwys, Pit No 15034

Producer in Morgan 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10011386
MRDS ID D006178
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys, Pit No 15034

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.67912, 40.98883 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 2900 FT N 3 W OF PORTERVILLE UT

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Morgan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 002E 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGHLY WEATHERED RHYOLITIC BEDROCK; VERY SOFT WITH A FEW BOULDER SIZE LESS WEATHERERED INCLUSIONS

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Weathering

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING: 21.6% GT 3 IN, 49.9% GT 1 IN/PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN MAX: 1 IN = 100%, NO 4 = 39.5, NO 10= 32.2, NO 40 = 22.6, NO 200 = 10.8/LIQUID LIMIT = 19.1, SWELL .015

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite
    Rock description Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.67912, 40.98883
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status 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 C. Kippen

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.038HA
    Overall length 27.43M
    Overall width 14.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF BACKHOE WORK DONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL UT. STATE DEPT HWYS

  • Production

    TAFF, D.E. 1980, UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEATHERED RHYOLITIC BED ROCK; FEW BOULDER SIZE COMPACTED INCLUSIONS, FINE GRAINED, VERY ANGULAR, QUARTZ, HORNBLENDE, FELDSPAR

Reporter information

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

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