Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit No. 25019

Past Producer in Utah 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 10041991
MRDS ID M058110
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit No. 25019

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.96076, 37.67498 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 12,900 FEET S 8 W OF CEDAR POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Paria(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 001W 18 NW OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BY PERCENT PASSING NO. 4, 32.5
Result NO. 10, 15.6
Result NO. 40, 4.9
Result NO. 200, 3.1
Result 1/2 IN, 72.1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.96076, 37.67498

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Camp Williams Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grant Smith

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.053HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • NOT MUCH DEVELOPMENT. PIT DEPTH IS ABOUT 6 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY, UTAH COUNTY

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    BISHOP, C., 1981.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT. HWYS., 1967, P. 16.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY SILTY, GRAVEL CLASTS ARE ANGULAR, SIZE IS FROM 3 IN. IN DIAMETER TO CLAY, SORTING IS POOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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