Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 10010

Past Producer in Grand 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089528
MRDS ID W027263
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 10010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.68515, 38.94554 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position APPROX. 1.8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THOMPSON, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thompson Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 020E 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING, GREATER THAN 3 " = 0 % , GREATER THAN 1 " = 27.6 %
Result AFTER CRUSHING TO 1 " MAXIMUM SIZE , 1 " = 100 % , 1/2 " = UNKNOWN, NO. 4 = 30.8 %, NO. 10 = 19.5 %, NO. 40 = 12.3 %, NO. 200 = 3.4 %
Result LIQUID LIMIT = 19.1 %
Result PLASTICITY INDEX = NP
Result SWELL = .012 %
Result ABRASION AT 500 REV. = 38.1
Result A. A. S. H. O. CLASSIFICATION = A - 1 - A.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.68515, 38.94554

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 929.56M
    Width 137.16M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

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 10.684HA
    Overall length 850M
    Overall width 137.16M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966 , MATERIALS INVENTORY OF GRAND COUNTY

  • Production

    UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, 1965

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, 1965 , COMBINED WITH ESTIMATE BY MC CARTHY, B. M.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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