Utah Dept. of Highways Potential Pit #17018

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011448
MRDS ID D006316
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Potential Pit #17018

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.34135, 41.48632 (WGS84)
Elevation 2176
Relative position 1.7 MILES N40W OF WOODRUFF CREEK DAM SPILLWAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rich(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meachum Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009N 005E 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL DEPOSIT, EXTENSIVE AMOUNTS OF SILT AND CLAY PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Limestone Ore
Sand Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.34135, 41.48632

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Woodruff Thrust - Cache Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Woodruff Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Talus, Alluvium

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crawford Mts. District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James E. Stewart

Comments on the workings information

  • POTENTIAL SITE, NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF CACHE AND RICH COUNTIES

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UT. GEO. AND MINERAL SUR. ON SITE INVEST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO SUB-ROUNDED, EQUANT IN SHAPE, INTERBEDS OF SILT AND CLAY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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