Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04011

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071885
MRDS ID W015584
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04011

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.85908, 39.61024 (WGS84)
Elevation 1762
Relative position 11,700 FT N73W OF WHITMORE CEMETARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Price(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Price(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 009E 13 NE OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION NE 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC. 13 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING-GREATER THAN 3 IN. -96%, GREATER THAN 1 IN. -36.6%
Result PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING, 1 IN -100%, 1/2 IN -65.5%, NO. 4-42.6%, NO. 8 -36.5%, NO. 50-29.2%, NO. 200-16.4% LIQUID LIMIT -17%, PLASTICITY INDEX -N.P., SWELL .006%, A.A.S.H.O., CLASSIFICATION -A-1-6.

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) -110.85908, 39.61024

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 2011.68M
    Width 792.48M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluvial Environment

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 Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.428HA
    Overall length 225M
    Overall width 123.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L.H., 1977, ON SITE INVESTIGATION; UGMS

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L.M. DOELLING H.H., 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L.M., DOELLING H.H., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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