Antelope Flat Gravel

Occurrence 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011430
MRDS ID D006270
Record type Site
Current site name Antelope Flat Gravel
Related records 10251061

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.44405, 40.99162 (WGS84)
Elevation 1929
Relative position 2.7 MILES WEST OF GRINDSTONE SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch John(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

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 022E 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IRREGULAR PARTS OF LISTED SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bench Gravels
    Rock description Bench Gravels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.44405, 40.99162

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGES, LENSES
    Thickness 18.29M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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 Forest Service

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE AREA, UTAH, COLORADO, WYOMING: USGS PROF PAPER 490

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1961, GEOL. MAP OF DUTCH JOHN AND GOSLIN MT. QUAD., UTAH-WYO.: USGS MISC-GEOL. MAP I-324.

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP W. R. HANSEN, MAP I-32

  • Production

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

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOSTLY SUBROUNDED POORLY SORTED MATERIAL WITH SIGNIFICANT SAND AND SILT INTERBEDDED WITH THE GRAVEL

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.