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Utah State Dept. of Highways Pit No. 14054

Past Producer in Millard 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 10087488
MRDS ID D007540
Record type Site
Current site name Utah State Dept. of Highways Pit No. 14054

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.31301, 39.53217 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES EAST OF LYNNDYL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynndyl East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(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 015S 004W 08 NE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAVEL DEPOSIT VERY SANDY, 50% QUARTZITE, 50% VOLCANIC PEBBLES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Clay Gangue
Sand Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 3": 0, 1":6.7
Result AFTER CRUSHING: 1":100
Result NO. 4:47.8
Result NO. 10:37.7
Result NO. 40:26.6
Result NO. 200:7.8
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 14.1
Result P.I: N.P.
Result SWELL: .013
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.31301, 39.53217
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

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 132

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner K. Nielson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.12HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 61.26M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OTHER CUTS: ONE AT 27 YDS BY 80 YDS THE OTHER AT 15 YDS BY 10 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNT

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTOR

  • Production

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

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUNDED TO WELL-ROUNDED PEBBLES UP TO 2 INCH IN DIAMETER INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT

Reporter information

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

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