Utah Dept. of Higways Pit No. 04014

Producer in Carbon 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071882
MRDS ID W015579
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Higways Pit No. 04014

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.81324, 38.54442 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 2900 FT S 42 E OF COUNTY INDUSTRIAL CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Wild Horse Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(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 Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015S 010E 04 SE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC. 4 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING-GREATER THAN 3 IN-6.8%, GREATER THAN 1 IN-35.7%, PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING
Result 1 IN-100% 1/2 IN-66.9%, NO. 7 39.1%, NO. 8-29.8%, NO. 50-70.7%, NO. 200-14.0%, LIQUID LIMIT-18, PLASTICITY INDEX-N.P., SWELL .00%, A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION-A-1-A, ABRASION-500, REV-38%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.81324, 38.54442

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, TABULAR
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluvial Environment

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCAL CACO3 CEMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Valley

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.024HA
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 79.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TEST PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1977, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF CARBON AND EMERY COUNTIES.

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY FOR CARBON AND EMERY COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS.

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY SORTED SAND AND GRAVEL UP TO 2 IN DIAMETER, PEDIMENT, SURFACE, SANDSTONE, LIMESTONE LOCALLY CALICHIFIED
Deposit CAPS MESA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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