Utah Dept Highways Pit No. 08040

Past Producer in Emery 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089210
MRDS ID W014826
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept Highways Pit No. 08040

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.39712, 38.8283 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Relative position 4.2 MILES SOUTH - SOUTHWEST OF HATT RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greasewood Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 014E 09 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore
Jasper Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION =A-3, LIQUID LIMIT = 14.4, PLASTICITY INDEX = N.P., SWELL = .022, ABRASION 500 REV. 61.2, SIEVE ANALYSIS - BEFORE CRUSHING, PERCENT RETAINED ON SCREEN: 3 INCH = 22.3%, 1 INCH = 36.9%
Result AFTER CRUSHING, PERCENT PASSING SCREEN: 1 INCH = 100%, NO. 4 = 64.4%, NO. 10 = 59.2%, NO. 40 = 50.3%, NO. 200 = 10.5%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Gravely Soils
    Rock description Gravely Soils
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.39712, 38.8283

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael, Paradox Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nequoia Arch

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael Desert Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Utah Department Of Highways

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.066HA
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    1954 DIREXPL UTAH STATE DEPT. HIGHWAYS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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