Utah State Highway Dept. Pit No. 08008

Past Producer 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078241
MRDS ID W026469
Record type Site
Current site name Utah State Highway Dept. Pit No. 08008

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.04603, 39.3644 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 3.6 MILES SE 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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 017S 008E 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO PRIVATELY OWNED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AASHO CLASSIFICATION A-1-A, SIEVE ANALYSIS: 26.2 % RETAINED ON 1 INCH SIEVE, 58.3
Result SIEVE ANALYSIS AFTER CRUSHING: 100.0 % PASSING 1 INCH, 41.8 PASSING NO. 4 , 32.8 % PASSING NO. 10 , 24.7 % PASSING NO. 4 , 9.1 % PASSING NO. 200
Result LIQUID LIMIT IS 16.2 , PLASTICITY INDEX IS N. P., SWELL IS .013 %, ABRASION IS 45.1 % AT 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 Gravely Soils
    Rock description Gravely Soils

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.04603, 39.3644

Economic information

Ore body information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.283HA
    Overall length 100.58M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRIANGULAR AREA CUT IN SIDE OF PEDIMENT, WEDGE OF GRAVEL REMOVED, SEVERAL TEST PITS IN AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965 , MATERIALS INVENTORY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.