Sage Creek Gravel Pit No 1

Past Producer in Rich 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 10101651
MRDS ID D006300
Record type Site
Current site name Sage Creek Gravel Pit No 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.17745, 41.76243 (WGS84)
Elevation 2015
Relative position 6800 FEET N7E OF SAGE CREEK SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rich(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sage Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(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 Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012N 007E 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

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) -111.17745, 41.76243

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sage Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.159HA
    Overall length 45M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    STEGEN, RALPH J., 1979, UT. GEOL. AND MINERAL SUR. ON SITE INVEST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MATERIAL IS ROUNDED TO WELL ROUNDED, EQUANT IN SHAPE, PEBBLES AND COBBLES, INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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