Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel-No 12029

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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012115
MRDS ID D007513
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel-No 12029

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.8855, 39.55773 (WGS84)
Elevation 1591
Relative position 6000 FT WEST OF LEVAN SCHOOL HOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juab(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 001W 36 NW OF NE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COBBLES & PEBBLES INTERBEDDED WITH SAND

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS
Result BEFORE CRUSHING 3", 0.0
Result 1" 9.0
Result AFTER CRUSHING 1", 100
Result NO 4, 54.5 NO 10, 42.0
Result NO 40, 28.0
Result NO 200, 15.5
Result LIQUID LIMIT 17.4 PLASTICITY INDEX 2.6
Result SWELL .013 AASHO A-1-B

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.8855, 39.55773

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 267.93M
    Width 100.58M
    Depth to top 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 3.35M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Flood Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Levan

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Road Commission, H. Taylor

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.163HA
    Overall length 176M
    Overall width 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH OF PIT 4 YDS - GRAVEL IS ONLY IN THE BOTTOM 2 YARDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UT. DEPT OF HWYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY, JUAB CO, 1966.

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS, 1966, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIV. MATERIALS INVENTORY JUAB C

  • Deposit

    1951 DIREXPL UT. DEPT. OF HWY

  • Production

    CONNELLY, M.P., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EQUANT, TABULAR, WELL ROUNDED, CARBONATE & QUARTZITE PEBBLES & COBBLES INTERBEDDED WITH SAND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Connelly, Michael P. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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