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Utah Dept. Highways Pit #09044

Past Producer in Garfield 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. 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 10015344
MRDS ID DB00810
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Highways Pit #09044

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.69048, 37.76581 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Relative position 1/2 MILE WEST OF RIDDLE RANCH.

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 002E 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 100 % ON 1 IN.,--ON 1/2 IN., 31 % ON NO. 4
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 20
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: NP
Result SWELL: .006
Result AASHO CLASS: A-1-A
Result ABR 500 REV: 23 .

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) -111.69048, 37.76581
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 153.1M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Alvey

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.47HA
    Overall length 75M
    Overall width 68.58M

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

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