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Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit # 12010

Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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 10012119
MRDS ID D007522
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit # 12010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.84134, 39.66995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 15,200 FEET SOUTH OF NEPHI HIGH SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nephi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013S 001E 20 SW OF SE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PREDOMINATELY PEBBLE SIZED, POORLY SORTED, INTERBEDDED SAND

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 3":16.2
Result 1":20.1
Result AFTER: 1":100, #4:48.4
Result #10:36.2
Result #40:22.0
Result #200:8.9
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 16.2
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: N.P.
Result SWELL: .008
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.84134, 39.66995
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 1371.6M
    Width 914.4M
    Depth to top 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nephi

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. D. S. Church

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5.257HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 1.5 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY OF JUAB COUNTY

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS., 1967, MATERIALS INV., JUAB CO

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION UT. GEOL AND MINER SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODITY IS SUBANGULAR TO ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY EQUANT IN SHAPE.

Reporter information

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

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