Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 10027

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 10089628
MRDS ID W027717
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 10027

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.53042, 38.61304 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF COLORADO RIVER, 0.3 MILES NE OF MOUTH OF NEGRO BILL CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moab(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(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 025S 022 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SEC. 19

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 11.7 % RETAINED ON 3 INCH, 37.2 % RETAINED ON 1 INCH
Result LIQUID LIMIT IS 17.6
Result PLASTICITY INDEX IS N.P.
Result SWELL IS A-1-B, ABRASION IS 20.0 .

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.53042, 38.61304

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 164.04M
    Width 68.58M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.941HA
    Overall length 150M
    Overall width 68.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1968 , MATERIALS INVENTORY OF GRAND COUNT

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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