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Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 19002

Past Producer in San Juan 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106075
MRDS ID W027825
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 19002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.44014, 38.45555 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position 2.0 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHERN TIP OF GRAND CO. AIRPORT RUNWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kane Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 023E 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SEC 18
  • EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE; WESTERN PART OF CHARLOTTE BELT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABANDONED QUARRY FOR CONSTRUCTION STONE FOR LOCAL USES

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS, BEFORE CRUSHING GREATER THAN 3 IN - 32 %, GREATER T AN 1 IN - 59 %, AFTER CRUSHING, PERCENT PASSING 1 IN. - 100 %, 1/2 IN. - 62 %, NO. 4 - 39 %, NO. 10 - 32 %, NO. 40 - 16 %, NO. 200 - 6 %, LIQUID LIMIT 14 , PLASTICITY INDEX - N.P., SWELL - .009 , A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.44014, 38.45555
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name La Sal Mountains

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION STONE FOR LOCAL USE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ENORMOUS VOLUME OF IGNEOUS ROCK REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.254HA
    Overall length 150M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL ABANDONED ROCK QUARRY

Comments on development

  • ESPENSHADE USED WATSON NO. 4 SAMPLE WHICH IS SLOAN'S SAMPLE NO. 6810

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY, 1965

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTOR

  • Reserve-Resource

    LEE I. PERRY, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE IGNEOUS BODY
Deposit GEOLOGIC AGE MAY BE MISSISSIPPIAN; LIGHT GRAY COLOR, TEXTURE MEDIUM COARSE, EVEN-GRANULAR TO PORPHYRITIC; MINERALS ORTHOCLASE, MICROCLINE, OLIGOCLASE, QUARTZ, BIOTITE, SOMETIMES MUSCOVITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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