Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14106

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. 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 10101523
MRDS ID D004474
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14106

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.85277, 39.04273 (WGS84)
Elevation 1575
Relative position 6.9 MILES SE OF ESKDALE, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckskin Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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 020S 017W 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, NE 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY POOR MATERIAL; VERY SANDY/SILTY; POORLY SORTED

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 1'': 100
Result NO. 4: 50.3
Result NO. 10: 37.0
Result NO. 40: 27.0
Result NO. 200: 13.7
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.85277, 39.04273

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan Deposit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.672HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 1 YARD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH STATE HIGHWAY DEPT 1966 MATERIALS SURVEY

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNT

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH HIGHWAY DEPT. 1966 MATERIALS SURVE

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL DEGREES OF ANGULANTY PRESENT; COBBLES, PEBBLES, AND BOULDERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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