Utah Dept. of Highways Borrow Pit #14069

Occurrence in Millard 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010634
MRDS ID D004466
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Borrow Pit #14069

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.50774, 39.35217 (WGS84)
Elevation 1423
Relative position 3.75 MILES EAST OF DELTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 017S 006W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY LITTLE GRAVEL PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Unknown

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS:NO. 10:100
Result NO. 40:99.8
Result NO. 200:6.7
Result LIQUID LIMIT:22.6
Result PLASTICITY INDEX:N.P.
Result SWELL:0.11
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION:A-3-O

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.50774, 39.35217

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sand Dunes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • POTENTIAL SITE, NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF MILLARD CO.

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNT

  • Deposit

    1966 IDREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTOR

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTORY OF MILLARD COUNTY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF EOLIAN SAND DUNES A TOP LAKE CLAYS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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