Utah State Dept. of Highways Pit No. 14053

Occurrence in Millard 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. 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 10012127
MRDS ID D007539
Record type Site
Current site name Utah State Dept. of Highways Pit No. 14053

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29801, 39.52578 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451
Relative position 1 MILE SW OF LEAMINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynndyl East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015S 004W 09 SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DEPOSIT SANDY AND SILTY, 50% QUARTZITE, 50% VOLCANIC

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 3": 0, 1": 2.9
Result AFTER CRUSHING: 1":100
Result NO. 4:54.9
Result NO. 10:40.7
Result NO. 40:26.3
Result NO. 200:2.8
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 15.9
Result P.I.: N.P.
Result SWELL: .015
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 Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.29801, 39.52578

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name State Highway 132

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. Dutson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.025HA
    Overall length 75M
    Overall width 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE BULLDOZER CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF MILLARD COUNTY

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNT

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INV

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUNDED TO WELL ROUNDED PEBBLES UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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