Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04015

Past Producer in Carbon 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10105770
MRDS ID W015580
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04015

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79797, 39.5394 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 70.00 FT S 58 E OF COUNTY INDUSTRIAL CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Price(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Price(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015S 010E 09 SE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SE 1/4, NE 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC. 09 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 3.7% GREATER THAN 3 INCHES, 29.8% GREATER THAN 1 INCH, PRESENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING
Result 1 IN. = 100%, NO. 4-38.9%, NO. 10-24.8%, NO.40-15.7%, NO.200-7.0%, LIQUID LIMIT-17.8%, PLASTICITY INDEX-N.P., SWELL'-.02%, A.A.S.H.D. CLASSIFICATION A-1-9, ABRASION 500 REV.-27.3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.79797, 39.5394

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, TABULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluvial Enviconment

Comments on the geologic information

  • CAPS MESA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.642HA
    Overall length 300M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TEST PITS PLUS ONE LARGE PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, HELMUT H., 1977 ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY OFCARBON AND EMERY COUNTY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY FOR CARBON AND EMERY COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS.

  • Production

    TRIMBLE AND DOELLING, 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE L.M. AND DOELLING H.H., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY-SORTED SAND AND GRAVEL, BOULDERS UP TO 2 FT. DIA, PEDIMENT SURFACE, SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE PEBBLES AND COBBLES LOCALLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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