Old Charley Wash Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Uintah county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015186
MRDS ID DB00392
Record type Site
Current site name Old Charley Wash Gravel Pit
Related records 10252044

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.66572, 40.10246 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position 1.7 MILES NW OF OURAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ouray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 020E 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IN OURAY NATIONAL WATER FOWL REFUGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Old River Terraces
    Rock description Old River Terraces
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.66572, 40.10246

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 2.74M
    Depth to top 0.46M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.538HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 SEPARATE PITS SEPARATED BY SMALL CANYONS

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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