Pebble Pit

Producer in Daggett 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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011415
MRDS ID D006231
Record type Site
Current site name Pebble Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.71379, 40.94967 (WGS84)
Elevation 1948
Relative position 2 3/4 MILES S. OF MANILA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manila(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 020E 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOSTLY WELL SORTED, SUBANGULAR, EQUANT PEBBLES, UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Brushy Basin Member Of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Brushy Basin Member Of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.71379, 40.94967

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift.

Ore body information

  • Strike N56E
    Dip 17N
    Thickness 4.57M
    Width 18.29M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Manila Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.033HA
    Overall length 20M
    Overall width 18.29M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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