Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 24032

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088050
MRDS ID DB00309
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 24032

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.4585, 40.58579 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF BIG BRUSH CREEK, 2300 FT SE OF BM 5639

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Donkey Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 022E 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 4.2 % RETAINED ON 1 INCH SIEVE
Result LIQUID LIMIT IS 18.3 PLASTICITY INDEX IS NP
Result SWELL IS 0.020 , AASHO CLASSIFICATION IS A-1-B,

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.4585, 40.58579

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 109.36M
    Width 160.02M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.254HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 137.16M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1968 , MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1968, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF UINTAH AND DAGGELL COUNTIES: UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

  • Reserve-Resource

    MCCARTHY, B. M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Mccarthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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