Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04009

Past 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 10071886
MRDS ID W015586
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.87825, 39.68135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position 9,900 FT S64 E OF PEERLESS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Standardville(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 013S 009E 23 SE OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SE 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC. 23 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING: OVER 3 INCH DIA. 20.5%, OVER 1 IN. DIA. 48%
Result AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 IN. MAXIMUM: (IN % PASSING) 1 IN. - 100%, .5 IN. - 76.4%, NO.4 - 41.5%, NO. 8 -38.2, NO. 50 - 27.9, NO. 200 11.7%
Result LIQUID LIMIT - 16.4%
Result PLASTICITY INDEX - N.P.
Result SWELL - .000
Result AASHO CLASSIFICATION A 1A.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.87825, 39.68135

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, TABULAR
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluvial Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall length 95M
    Overall width 53.04M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L.M., 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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