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Soldier Creek Upper Gravel Pits

Producer in Carbon 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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109645
MRDS ID M058509
Record type Site
Current site name Soldier Creek Upper Gravel Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.6338, 39.63635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1823
Relative position 33,800 FT S 55 E OF THE MOUTH OF DEADMAN CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deadman Canyon(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

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 Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 011E 01 NW OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PREDOMINANTLY SANDSTONE CLASTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result POORLY SORTED, MODERATELY WELL ROUNDED, SILT TO BOULDER (4 FT. MAX. DIAMETER) SIZED MATERIAL

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.6338, 39.63635
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Book Cliffs Pediments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Book Cliffs Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.042HA
    Overall length 370M
    Overall width 60.35M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOUTH PIT IS 258 YDS X 63 YDS WITH A 6 FT AVERAGE DEPTH, A DISTURBED BUT NON-PRODUCING AREA IS TO THE EAST; NORTH PIT IS 117 YDS X 70 YDS WITH 6 FT AVERAGE DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON PEDIMENT GRAVEL FROM BOOK CLIFFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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