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Utah State Highway Pit #08009

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078240
MRDS ID W026468
Record type Site
Current site name Utah State Highway Pit #08009
Related records 10130112

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.05964, 39.36885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position 2.8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE BEAR CREEK RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 017S 008E 05,06 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result AASHO CLASSIFICATION A-1-A
Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 31.6 % RETAINED ON 3 INCH SIEVE, 74.0 % RETAINED ON 1 INCH SIEVE
Result SIEVE ANALYSIS AFTER CRUSHING: 100.0 % PASSING 1 INCH, 41.8 % PASSING NO. 4 , 32.8 % PASSING NO. 10 , 24.7 % PASSING NO. 40 , 9.1 % PASSING NO. 200
Result LIQUID LIMIT IS 16.1 , PLASTICITY IS N. P., SWELL IS .010 %, 45.0 % ABRASION AFTER 500 REVOLUTIONS.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.05964, 39.36885
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOSTLY SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 129.54M
    Overall width 114.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • IRREGULAR SHAPED PIT ON PEDIMENT, MINED TO UNEQUAL DEPTHS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY: UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY SORTED UP TO BOULDERS 20 FT OR MORE IN DIAMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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