Utah Dept. of Highways Pit. No. 10008

Past Producer in Grand 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106034
MRDS ID W027305
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit. No. 10008

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.83238, 38.92359 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Relative position 1.6 MILES SW OF CRESENT JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 019E 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING: 8.0 % RETAINED ON 3 INCH, 28.4 RETAINED ON 1 INCH
Result SIEVE ANALYSIS AFTER CRUSHING: 100 % PASSING 1 INCH, 70.2 % PASSING 1/2 INCH, 39.6 % PASSING NO. 4 , 28.8 % PASSING NO. 10 , 22.7 % PASSING NO. 40 , 7.0 % PASSING NO. 200 . LIQUID LIMIT IS 18.0
Result PLASTIC INDEX IS NP
Result SWELL IS 0.016
Result ABRASION AT 500 REVOLUTIONS IS 36.6 , A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION IS A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.83238, 38.92359

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 382.76M
    Width 137.16M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.83M

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 1.659HA
    Overall length 200M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965 , MATERIALS INVENTORY GRAND CO.

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966 , MATERIALS INVENTORY OF GRAND COUNT

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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