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Utah Dept Highways Pit No. 08050

Producer in Emery 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071438
MRDS ID W014825
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept Highways Pit No. 08050

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.25851, 38.96553 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Relative position APPROX 5 MILES SOUTH 73 DEG WEST OF GREEN RIVER ADJACENT TO I - 70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jessies Twist(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 015E 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN N 1/2 OF SW 1/4 OF SEC. 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result A.A.S.O.H. CLASSIFICATION A-1-A
Result LIQUID LIMIT 18.9 PLASTICITY INDEX N.P.
Result SWELL .006
Result ABRASION 500 REV. = 32.1%, SODIUM SULFATE LOSS AT +4 = 2.8%, AT -4 = 11.1%, SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 3 IN SCREEN 0% RETAINED, 1 IN SCREEN 4.1% RETAINED. AFTER CRUSHING % PASSING SCREEN: 1 IN = 100%, 1/2 IN = 91.8%, NO. 4 = 70.1%, NO. 10 = 56.4%, NO. 40 = 26.6% NO. 200 = 10.1%.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.25851, 38.96553
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 1.83M
    Depth to bottom 3.35M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael Desert

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE SCREENED SAND RESERVE ON SITE (APPX. 17,000 CU YDS) EST

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.024HA
    Overall length 167.64M
    Overall width 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1965 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IS BEING WORKED INTERMITTENTLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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