Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 14048

Past Producer in Millard 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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087034
MRDS ID D004489
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 14048

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.56746, 38.61524 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 5000 FEET NORTH OF COVE FORT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cove Fort(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 006W 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS:BEFORE:GT 3":2.9
Result GT 1":35.5
Result AFTER:1":100
Result 1/2"
Result 64.6
Result #4:42.2
Result #10:34.2
Result #40:27.4
Result #200:17.5
Result LIQUID LIMIT:24.0
Result PLASTICITY INDEX:5.9
Result SWELL:.027
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION A-1-B

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.56746, 38.61524

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Interstate 15

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.756HA
    Overall length 230M
    Overall width 118.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVG DEPTH 2 YDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY OF MILLARD CO.

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL & RESEARCH DIVISION-SECTION MILLARD COUNTY MATERIAL INVENTOR

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTOR

  • Production

    STEGAN R. 1979

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR - EQUANT TO TABULAR - NUMEROUS LARGE BOULDERS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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