Utah Dept. of Highways Rejected Pit #03-A

Producer in Cache 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011460
MRDS ID D006344
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Rejected Pit #03-A

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.97248, 41.90131 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 5700 FEET WSW OF TRENTON CEMETARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trenton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013N 001W 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 1":30.8
Result AFTER: 1":100
Result 1/2":57.0
Result #4:18.3
Result #8:9.1
Result #50:5.4
Result #200:4.8
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 41
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: 5
Result NASO4 LOSS: +4:74.9
Result -4:40.2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.97248, 41.90131

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cache Allochthon

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 10.67M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Newton

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.93HA
    Overall length 110M
    Overall width 68.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH: 4 YDS; ADJACIENT PITS AT: 30 YD X 25 YD X 2 YD, 40 YDS X 25 YDS X 4 YDS, 100 YDS X 50 YDS X 4 YDS

Comments on development

  • REASON FOR REJECTION WAS LIQUID LIMIT, PLASTICITY INDEX AND NA2SO4 LOSS OVERALL TOO HIGH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION,MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY FOR RICH & CACHE CO.S.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MATERIAL ROUNDED TO WELL-ROUNDED, EQUANT AND TABULAR IN SHAPE, SOME INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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