Utah Dept. of Highways Borrow Pit #03007

Past Producer in Cache 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087348
MRDS ID D006341
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Borrow Pit #03007

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.90164, 41.92382 (WGS84)
Elevation 1384
Relative position 2.95 MILES ENE OF TRENTON CEMETARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trenton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014N 001W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY LITTLE GRAVEL, BORROW PIT, LAKE CLAYS, FINES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: NOT CRUSHED, #4:99.8
Result #10:99.8
Result #40:99.7
Result #200:53.2
Result LIQUID LIMIT:19.3
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: N.P.
Result SWELL:1.0
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-4(4)
Result NO ABRASION

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.90164, 41.92382

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cache Allochthon

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Floor

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name State Highway 170

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Spackman, V.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.803HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 3 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS AND RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT, OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF CACHE AND RICH COUNTIES.

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VALLEY BOTTOM, LAKE FLOOR SEDIMENTS-CLAYS, SILTS, BORROW USE ONLY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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