Dairy Ridge Gravel Pit #1

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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011455
MRDS ID D006332
Record type Site
Current site name Dairy Ridge Gravel Pit #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.49023, 41.46576 (WGS84)
Elevation 2719
Relative position 2300 FEET N73E OF MONTE CRISTO GUARD STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rich(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dairy 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)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008N 004E 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BEDROCK AND TALUS DEPOSIT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Garden City Limestone
    Rock description Garden City Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.49023, 41.46576

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cache Allochthon
Type of structure Local
Structure description Woodruff Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 304.8M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Miogeosyncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name State Highway 39

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.181HA
    Overall length 250M
    Overall width 109.73M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MATERIAL IS ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR, EQUANT IN SHAPE. LIMESTONE QUITE FRACTURED, DEPOSIT IS IN OUTCROP OF GARDEN CITY LIMESTONE, SOME INTRAFORMATIONAL CONGLOMERATE IS PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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