Little Hole Gravel Deposits

Occurrence in Daggett 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090821
MRDS ID D006261
Record type Site
Current site name Little Hole Gravel Deposits
Related records 10251453

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.31155, 40.90828 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position BOTH SIDES OF GREEN R., 1 MILE E & W OF GORGE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goslin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 023E 15,16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IRREGULAR PARTS OF LISTED SECTIONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Bench Gravels
    Rock description Bench Gravels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.31155, 40.90828

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGES AND LENSES
    Length 914.4M
    Width 914.4M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Green River Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE AREA, UTAH, COLORADO, WYOMING: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PP 490

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT CO., UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 66.

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1961, GEOL. MAP OF DUTCH JOHN AND GOSLIN MTN QUADRANGLES, UTAH-WYOMING: USGS. MISC. GEOL. MAP I-324

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP W.R. HANSEN, MAP I-32

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST FOR THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINER. SUR.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, UT. GEOL. AND MINER SURV. ON SITE INVEST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST 4 INDIVIDUAL DEPOSITS, COBBLES ARE SUBROUND TO SUBANGULAR, POORLY SORTED, INTERBEDDED WITH SIGNIFICANT SAND AND SILT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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