Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #03003

Past Producer in Cache 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101643
MRDS ID D006158
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #03003

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06553, 41.9202 (WGS84)
Elevation 1558
Relative position 4900 FT NORTH OF ROUND KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarkston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tremonton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014N 002W 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result BEFORE 3":13.6
Result 1":33.8
Result AFTER 1":100
Result #4:39.0
Result #10:29.5
Result #40:21.5
Result #200:6.0
Result LIQUID LIMIT:22.9
Result P.I.
Result N.P
Result SWELL: .005
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 Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06553, 41.9202

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cache Valley Allochton

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Beach

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clarkston

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clarkston City

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.013HA
    Overall length 230M
    Overall width 59.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 3 YDS, ADJACIENT PIT SOUTH AT 150 YDS X 50YDS X 3 YDS (15%)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1967, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF CACHE AND RICH COUNTIES, UTA

  • Deposit

    1952 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO WELL ROUNDED, EQUANT TO TABULAR PEBBLES & COBBLES, SOME SAND AND SILT INTERBED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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