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Utah Dept. Highways Pit #16018

Past Producer in Piute 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015729
MRDS ID DB01876
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Highways Pit #16018

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03049, 38.1658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1948
Relative position 3600 FT. SE OF PEAK ELEV. 6991 IN NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 29 T 30 S R 02 W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phonolite Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Fork 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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 002W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 100 % ON 1 IN., 55 % ON NO. 4
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 27
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: NP
Result SWELL: .012
Result AASHO CLASS: A-1-A
Result ABR 500 REV: 20

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03049, 38.1658
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 11.89M
    Length 109.36M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 11.89M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Slope Debris

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. Whittaker

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.301HA
    Overall length 60M
    Overall width 54.86M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY: PIUTE, WAYNE, GARFIELD & KANE COUNTIES

  • Production

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Dollar, Robert S. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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