Utah State Highway, Pit No. 08036

Occurrence in Emery 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072971
MRDS ID W018712
Record type Site
Current site name Utah State Highway, Pit No. 08036

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.59212, 38.63915 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536
Relative position 6.1 MILES SE OF TEMPLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Woman Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 012E 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE LAND IS PRIVATLY OWNED; SW 1/4 OF NE 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC 16, T 25S R 12E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Analytical data

Result MEETS AASHO CLASSIFICATION A-1-A
Result SIEV ANAYLYSIS: 10.5% GREATER THAN 3 INCH, 17.8% GREATER THAN 1 INCH AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 INCH MAX. SIEVE ANALYSIS: 100% PASSING THE 1 INCH, 65.7% PASSING NO. 4, 54.9% PASSING NO. 10, 37.8% PASSING NO. 40, 6.0% PASSING NO 200
Result LIQUID LIMIT IS 21.4
Result PLASTICITY INDEX IS N.P.
Result SWELL IS .007%
Result 35.7% ABRASION AFTER 500 REVOLUTIONS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Dune Sand Deposits
    Rock description Dune Sand Deposits
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.59212, 38.63915

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell (South)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 3.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Temple Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH STATE HIGHWAY, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY - CARBON & EMERY CA'S.

  • Deposit

    PALLISTER, H.D., AND THOEHEN, J.R., 1948, FLAKE GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM INVESTIGATION IN CLAY, COOSA AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4366, 84 P

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B., 1977, UGMS ECON GEOL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS APPROX. THREE FEET OF OVER BURDEN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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