Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 14010

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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10087070
MRDS ID D004580
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 14010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0505, 39.12496 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position 2.4 MILES NORTH OF DAIRY KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scipio Lake(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 019S 002W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC 26 NE 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FAIR TO POOR GRAVEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 1":100
Result #4:49.7
Result #10:32.3
Result #40:21.8
Result #200:10.2
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 18.3
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: N.P.
Result SWELL:.006
Result A.A.S.H.O. SWELL: .006,A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION. A-1-A

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) -112.0505, 39.12496

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 0.3M

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Stone

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.07HA
    Overall length 150M
    Overall width 86.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVG DEPTH 2 FEET - 2 ADJACENT PITS NW: 100 YDS X 95 YDS X 2 YDS - 90 YDS X 110 YDS X 2 YDS NUMEROUS BULLDOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF MILLARD CO.

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNTY, 196

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTOR

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO ROUNDED - TABULAR TO PROLATE DEPOSIT CONTAINS EXTENSIVELY SILT & CLAY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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