Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 10002

Past Producer in Grand 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088000
MRDS ID DB00123
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 10002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.14072, 39.01858 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position .4 MILES NW OF ELGIN CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Castle Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 016E 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCRETE GRAVEL SAMPLE, PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING - 1 INCH = 53.2 %, 1/2 INCH = 22.4 %, NO. 4 = 1.9 %, A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION, A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name River Terrace Gravels
    Rock description River Terrace Gravels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.14072, 39.01858

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 243.84M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terraces

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Green River Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry Thompson, Thompson Ready Mix

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 14.165HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTOR

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, LARRY M., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Trimble, Larry Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.