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Rock Point Sand Pit

Past Producer in Uintah 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088038
MRDS ID DB00243
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Point Sand Pit
Related records 10154949

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.55878, 40.4869 (WGS84)
Elevation 1664
Relative position 0.5 MILES ESE OF ROCK POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vernal NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 021E 10,09 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.55878, 40.4869
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 546.8M
    Width 228.6M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATERIAL IS VERY COARSE AND WOULD BE SUITABLE AS CONCRETE AGGREGATES AFTER CRUSHING

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5.853HA
    Overall length 350M
    Overall width 182.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPEARS TO BE OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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