Utah Department of Highways Pit No. 19001

Producer in San Juan 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089649
MRDS ID W027826
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Department of Highways Pit No. 19001

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.45764, 38.49027 (WGS84)
Elevation 1469
Relative position .3 MILES SW OF THE NORTHERN END OF GRAND CO. AIRPORT RUNWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kane Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 022S 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SEC 1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS, BEFORE CRUSHING, GREATER THAN 3 IN. - 15 %, GREATER THAN 1 IN. - 15 %, AFTER CRUSHING PERCENT PASSING 1 IN. - 100 %, 1/2 IN. - 76 %, NO. 10 - 42 %, NO. 40 - 29 %, NO. 200 - 10 %, LIQUID LIMIT 19 , PLASTICITY INDEX - 1 , SWELL .016 , A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION, A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.45764, 38.49027

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 274.32M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name La Sal Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.763HA
    Overall length 300M
    Overall width 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO PITS, EACH APPROXIMATELY 150 YD BY 100 YD. ONE PIT IS ACTIVE AND THE OTHER IS SERVING AS STORAGE AREA 100 YDS. SOUTHEAST OF THE ACTIVE PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY 1965

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTOR

  • Reserve-Resource

    LEE I. PERRY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS BLANKET OF SEDIMENTS ON VALLEY FLOOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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