Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit. No 12007

Past Producer in Juab 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. 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 10087478
MRDS ID D007516
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit. No 12007

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.84856, 39.79801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1542
Relative position 4,500 FEET SW OF MONA CEMETARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mona(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 001E 05 NW OF NW SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DEPOSIT CONTAINS INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 1":36.4
Result AFTER 1": 100
Result #4:25.5
Result #10:14.0
Result #40:6.4
Result #200:3.8
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 21.2
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: N.P.
Result SWELL: .021
Result AASHO CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.84856, 39.79801

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Thrust System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 4572M
    Width 1219.2M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace, Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. Newell

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. AMT. UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.669HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY OF JUAB COUNTY

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS., 1966, MATERIALS INV., JUAB CO

  • Deposit

    1951 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODITY IS ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR, MOSTLY EQUANT AND TABULAR IN SHAPE. EXTENSIVE SAND AND SILT PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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