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Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14086

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101524
MRDS ID D004486
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14086

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.77108, 39.32301 (WGS84)
Elevation 1394
Relative position 3 MILES N OF GUNNISON MASSACRE HISTORICAL MONUMENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crafts Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier 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 017S 008W 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, NE 1/4, SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POOR GRAVEL, HEAVILY INTERBEDDED WITH LAKE CLAYS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 1":100
Result 1/2":98.6
Result NO. 4:78.7
Result NO. 40:62.9
Result NO. 200:10.0
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 15.4
Result PLASTICITY INDEX:N.P.
Result SWELL:.013
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION A-1-B

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.77108, 39.32301
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Economic information

Ore body information

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.383HA
    Overall length 350M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 3 YDS, ADJACENT PIT AT 200 YDS X 60 YDS X 3 YDS (20%). BOTH PITS CONTAIN WATER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF MILLARD COUNTY

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTOR

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBROUNDED TO WELL ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY TABULAR WITH SOME EQUANT AND PROLATE, HEAVILY INTERBEDDED CLAY AND SILT

Reporter information

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

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