Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25018

Past Producer in Utah 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. 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 10088685
MRDS ID M058111
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25018

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.94659, 37.67609 (WGS84)
Elevation 1521
Relative position 12700 FEET S 4 W OF CEDAR POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Paria(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dixie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 001W 18 SE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Limestone Ore
Quartz Ore
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BY PERCENT PASSING 1/2 M, 65.5
Result NO. 4, 26.8
Result NO. 10, 13.5
Result NO. 40, 10.5
Result NO. 200, 5.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium And Colluvium
    Rock description Alluvium And Colluvium
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.94659, 37.67609

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lake Terrace

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Camp Williams Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. C. Allred

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.526HA
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA HAS BEEN WORKED OVER BY A DOZER, BUT THERE IS NO PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH STATE DEPT OF HIGHWAYS., 1967, P. 16.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE QUARTZITE CLASTS, 2 INCH. IN DIAMETER, VERY SILTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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