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Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit #12009

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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 10087482
MRDS ID D007526
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit #12009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.83995, 39.74884 (WGS84)
Elevation 1545
Relative position 14000 FEET NORTH OF JUAB HIGH SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nephi(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 20 SE OF SE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POORLY SORTED, POOR GRAVEL, HEAVILY INTERBEDDED WITH SAND AND SILT, BORROW USE

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 3":4.8
Result 1":27.8
Result AFTER: 1":100
Result 1/2":69.1
Result #4:45.7
Result #10:37.7
Result #40:27.9
Result #200:22.2
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 19.0
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: 2.0
Result SWELL: .015
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) -111.83995, 39.74884
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 1524M
    Width 1219.2M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nephi Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. Mcpherson

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.187HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 YDS; ADJACENT PIT SSE AT 35 X 50 X 1 YDS AND A SMALL SURFACE PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1965 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, PREDOMINATELY EQUANT AND TABULAR IN SHAPE.

Reporter information

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

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