Utah Dept. Highways Pit #09046

Past Producer in Garfield 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015343
MRDS ID DB00808
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Highways Pit #09046

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.62603, 37.77942 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position 1/2 MILE SW WIDE HOLLOW RES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wide Hollow Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 002E 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: ON 1 IN., ON 1/2 IN., 31 % ON NO. 4
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 16
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: NP
Result SWELL: AASHO CLASS: A-1-A
Result ABR 500 REV:

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.62603, 37.77942

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Kaiparowits Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Upper Valley Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 109.36M
    Width 54.86M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.033HA
    Overall length 20M
    Overall width 18.29M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY: GARFIELD COUNTY

  • Production

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Dollar, Robert S. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.