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Birch Creek Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Daggett 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011421
MRDS ID D006247
Record type Site
Current site name Birch Creek Gravel Pit
Related records 10178764

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.97657, 40.97717 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 1 3/4 MILES S OF WYOMING LINE, BIRCH CREEK ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phil Pico Mountain(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 017E 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore
Conglomerate Ore
Jasper Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvial Fans
    Rock description Alluvial Fans
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.97657, 40.97717
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET-WEDGE
    Thickness 6.4M
    Depth to top 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Birch Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Daggett Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.069HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 22.86M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H.R., 1959 GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT COUNT.: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURV. BULL. 66

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST, UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST, UT GEOL AND MINER. SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY USED INTERMITTENTLY. SAND LENSES ALTERNATE WITH GRAVEL LENSES, POORLY SORTED UP TO 2 FT IN DIAMETER, CLASTS SUBROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR, MOST EQUANT, SOME ELONGATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1907 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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