Lucerne Valley Gravel Deposit Pits

Past 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10011423
MRDS ID D006251
Record type Site
Current site name Lucerne Valley Gravel Deposit Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.73016, 40.06774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1939
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES S. OF MANILA ON U 44

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ouray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green-Desolation Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 020E 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Bench Gravel
    Rock description Bench Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form LENS-ELONGATE
    Thickness 1.83M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Aggrading Bench

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past 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 0.405HA
    Overall length 105M
    Overall width 59.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY SORTED, SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUND; CLASTS TO 1 FT. IN DIAMETER

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.