Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit #12049

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 10087490
MRDS ID D007544
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit #12049

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29773, 39.64662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1542
Relative position 2,400 FEET SE OF CHAMPLIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanner Creek Narrows(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013S 004W 33 NW OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO REPRESENTATIVE POINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Sand Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 1":10.9
Result AFTER: 1":100, #4:51.5
Result #10:24.5
Result #40:14.8
Result #200:5.9
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 16.4
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: N.P.
Result SWELL: .010
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 457.2M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. Collard

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. FIGURES UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SUBSURFACE BRINES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 16.723HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS
  • NUMEROUS INTERCONNECTING PITS AND CUTS, TOTAL DISTURBED AREA DEMINSION ABOVE 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

    1957 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UGMS ON SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERLIES ON A GREATER PART OF QUADRANGLE, SEVERAL HORIZONS OF BRINE TO BE EXPECTED
Deposit COMMODY IS ROUNDED TO WELL ROUNDED, TABULAR WITH SOME EQUANT 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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