Ut. Dept. of Hwys, Pit No. 17014

Producer in Rich 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10011437
MRDS ID D006292
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys, Pit No. 17014

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.23217, 41.50965 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 7100 FT. W. 24 DEG. S. OF SEC. 13 CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rich(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodruff(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009N 006E 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUBANGULAR TO ROUNDED PEBBLES WITH ABOUT 30% OF THE DEPOSIT BEING A RED COLORED SILT WITH SOME FINE GRAINED SAND INTERMIXED.

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS-PERCENT PASS.
Result NO. 4=52.3, NO. 10=44.8, NO. 40=35.3, NO. 200=17.9, 7.5% GREATER THAN 1", SWELL=.014 NONPLASTIC, LIQUID LIM.=23.5

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.23217, 41.50965

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Crawford Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Comments on the geologic information

  • DERIVED FROM THE KNIGHT FM AND IS THUS CONGLOMERATIC IN ORIGIN WITH SOME LARGE SPECIMENS OF CONGLOMERATE STILL INTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crawford Mtns.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 80.268HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 36.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS., 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, RICH CO.

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GRAVEL IS QUARTZITE WITH SOME SANDSTONE, AND CHERT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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