Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit # 14123

Past Producer in Millard 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101510
MRDS ID D004334
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit # 14123

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.88194, 38.66245 (WGS84)
Elevation 1843
Relative position 5000 FT NORTH OF SEC 8 WATER TANK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mormon Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 018W 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW1/4, SW1/4, SEC. 5.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POOR GRAVEL-SAND & SILT

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: GREATER THAN 3'' = 0% GREATER THAN 1'' = 16.4% NO. 4 = 45.4% NO. 10 = 29.1% NO. 40 = 14.8% NO. 200 = 5.8%
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASS. A-1-9.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.88194, 38.66245

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Floodplain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mountain Home Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.051HA
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SMALL PITS 1 IS 300 X 200 X 5 THE OTHER IS 240 X 180 X 5 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS 1966 MATERIALS INVENTORY-MILLARD CO.

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS; MATERIALS RESEARCH DIVISION; MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION. MILLARD CO., 196

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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