Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit #12035

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. 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 10087481
MRDS ID D007523
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit #12035

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.92328, 39.70134 (WGS84)
Elevation 1576
Relative position 4,100 FEET SSE OF GOVERNMENT SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sugarloaf(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)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013S 001W 10 NE OF NE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POORLY SORTED, INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT, NUMEROUS LARGE BOULDERS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 1":20.0
Result AFTER: 1":100
Result 1/2":81.7
Result #4:53.0
Result #10:40.5
Result #40:28.3
Result #200:16.6
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 27.3
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: 1.8
Result SWELL: .017
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-B

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.92328, 39.70134

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 609.6M
    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

Mining district

District name Nephi

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management; A. Latimer

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.502HA
    Overall length 125M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 1 YD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS., 1967, MATERIALS INV., JUAB CO

  • Deposit

    1962 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UT. GEOL AND MINER SUR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODITY IS SUBANGULAR TO ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY EQUANT IN SHAPE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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