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Delta Gravel Pit #6

Past Producer in Millard 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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087022
MRDS ID D004461
Record type Site
Current site name Delta Gravel Pit #6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.59358, 39.39162 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position 1.09 MILES NNW OF DELTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delta NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 016S 007W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC. 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD TO FAIR GRAVEL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.59358, 39.39162
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name State Highway 99

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.489HA
    Overall length 300M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 3 YDS; WORKINGS ARE ALL CUT BANK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS AND RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNTY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ROUNDED TO WELL-ROUNDED PEBBLES; EQUANT, TABULAR, & PROLATE ALL PRESENT; DEPOSIT CONTAINS ABUNDANT INTERBEDS OF SAND & SILT, AND IS FLOORED BY LAKE CLAYS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

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