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Rasphalt, Inc. Gravel Pit

Producer in Sanpete 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10088831
MRDS ID M058929
Record type Site
Current site name Rasphalt, Inc. Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.88299, 39.04579 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position 800 FT N NE OF FIRST RED KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redmond Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 020S 001W 26 NW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO NORTH WORKING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BITUMINOUS AGGREGATE, CONSTRUCTION GRAVEL

Analytical data

Result CLAST ARE SUB-TO WELL ROUNDED, PREDOMINANTLY 1-3 INCHES IN DIAMETER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.88299, 39.04579
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sanpete-Sevier Valley Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Redmond Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Slope Wash

Comments on the geologic information

  • MATERIAL POSSIBLY DERIVED FROM EARLY TERTIARY MORONI FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Redmond Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rodney Rasmussen Co. (Telephone Number Is 529-7261)
    Home office Salina, Ut

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.051HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAXIMUM DEPTH OF PIT IS ABOUT 30 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRATT, A.R. AND CALLAHAN, EUGENE, 1970, LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 85, P. 42-48.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1985, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    WITKIND, I.I., 1981, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REDMOND QUADRANGLE, SANPETE AND SEVIER COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-1304-A.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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