Ut. Dept. of Hwys No. 12055

Past Producer in Juab 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10011532
MRDS ID D006506
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys No. 12055

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18385, 39.74634 (WGS84)
Elevation 1655
Relative position 6400 FEET EAST OF JERICHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jericho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 003W 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POORLY SORTED, SOME INTERBEDDED SAND

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 1":3.0
Result AFTER CRUSHING: 1":100
Result #4:72.0
Result #10:57.1
Result #40:29.0
Result #200:6.6
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 18.5
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: N.P.
Result SWELL: .013
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18385, 39.74634

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tintic Valley Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 2.74M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. DATA UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.146HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 32M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 1 YD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY FOR JUAB COUNTY

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS., 1966 MATERIALS INVENTORY, JUAB CO

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UGMS ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODY IS SUBROUNDED TO WELL ROUNDED, EQUANT IN SHAPE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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