Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 14109

Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  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 10012662
MRDS ID D008451
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 14109

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.00445, 39.05551 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 2 1/2 EAST OF UTAH-NEVADA STATE LINE AND U.S. HIGHWAY 50 AND 6.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baker(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 020S 019W 20 SE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAVEL VERY SANDY AND SILTY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT = 1 IN = 100, NO. 4 = 48.6 NO. 10 = 35, NO. 40 = 23.7, NO. 200 = 10.1 LIQUID LIMIT-18.4, PLASTICITY INDEX NP. SWELL = .007, A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATIONS A-1-A

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.00445, 39.05551

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name U.S. Highway 50 And 6

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.281HA
    Overall length 310M
    Overall width 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 3 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966; MATERIALS INVENTORY, MILLARD CO

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INV

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AUD MINERAL SURVEY

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORU, MILLARD CO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB ANGULAR TO ROUNDED EQUANT AND TABULAR PEBBLES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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