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Utah Dept Highways Pit No. 10030

Producer in Grand 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078697
MRDS ID W027208
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept Highways Pit No. 10030

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.4182, 38.68887 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position APPROX. .95 MILE NORTH - NORTHWEST OF PARRIOT MESA, ADJACENT TO THE COLORADO RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 023E 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 , SECTION 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result AASHO CLASSIFICATION A-1-A
Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: RETAINED ON 3 INCH SIEVE BEFORE CRUSHING 11.9 %, RETAINED ON 1 INCH SIEVE 34.3 %
Result (AFTER CRUSHING SIEVE ANALYSIS) 100 % PASSING 1 INCH, UNKNOWN THROUGH 1/2 INCH, 39.8 % PASS NO. 4 , 35.7 % PASS NO. 10 , 21.2 % PASS NO. 40 , 1.1 % PASS NO. 200 . LIQUID LIMIT 22.2
Result PLASTICITY LIMIT NP, SWELL .015
Result ABRASION AFTER 500 REVOLUTIONS 24.4 %.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.4182, 38.68887
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 274.32M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0.03M
    Depth to bottom 6.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SCREENED RESERVES ON SITE: (1) SAND APPROX. 100 CU YDS; (1) GRAVEL APPROX. 1,000 YARDS (PEA); (1) HAULED IN SURFACE GRAVEL APPROX. 100 YDS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.304HA
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 76.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, GRAND COUNTY, 1965

  • Deposit

    1965 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS

  • Reserve-Resource

    PERRY, L. I. USING 1965 FIGURES FROM UTAH DEPARTMENT HIGHWAYS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS NOT KNOWN FOR SURE, BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE IS ACTIVE WORK HERE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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