Antelope Flat Gravel

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. 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 10011429
MRDS ID D006269
Record type Site
Current site name Antelope Flat Gravel
Related records 10226855

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.54962, 40.97051 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position 1/4 MILE NE OF ANTELOPE FLAT CAMPGROUND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flaming Gorge(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)

Federal lands

Ashley National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 021E 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.54962, 40.97051

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.74M
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 1174.79M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bench And Fluvial Terraces.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Antelope Flat Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.619HA
    Overall length 165M
    Overall width 128.02M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERY IRREGULARLY SHAPED PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAY BE INTERMITTENTLY USED.MOSTLY, PEBBLES TO COBBLE-SIZE, A FEW SMALL BOULDERS PRESENT. ROUNDED TO SUBANGULAR INCLUDING MANY ELONGATE AND FLATTENED CLASTS. (BEACH ROLLERS) MOSTLY EQUANT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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