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Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 14040

Past Producer in Millard 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087051
MRDS ID D004532
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 14040

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54829, 38.7594 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 1,500 FEET NE OF EIGHTMILE POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sixmile Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Beaver(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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 006W 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS:1":100
Result 1/2":89.3
Result #4:53.8
Result #10:43.1
Result #40:21.2
Result #200:3.5
Result LIQUID LIMIT:18
Result PLASTICITY INDEX:N.D.
Result SWELL:.014
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 Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.54829, 38.7594
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

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 Taft Paxton

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 31.773HA
    Overall length 900M
    Overall width 484.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE EXTENSIVE PIT, NUMEROUS SMALL PITS WITH IN DISTURBED AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY MATERIAL INVENTORY OF MILLARD CO.

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL & RESEARCH DIVISION, SECTION MILLARD COUNTY MATERIAL INVENTOR

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTOR

  • Production

    STEGEN R.J. 1979 GEOLOGIST

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR TO ROUNDED - EQUANT TO TABULAR INTERBEDDED SAND & SILT

Reporter information

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

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