Utah Dept. of Highways Potential Borrow Pit 17008

Occurrence in Rich 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087333
MRDS ID D006299
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Potential Borrow Pit 17008

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.17161, 41.76882 (WGS84)
Elevation 1960
Relative position 8,800 FEET N60W OF SAGE CREEK SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rich(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sage Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(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 Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012N 007E 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POOR GRAVEL, BORROW PIT IF USED, EXTENSIVE SAND, SILT AND CLAY INTERBEDS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: GREATER THAN 1":44.5
Result AFTER:1":100
Result #4 : 51.3
Result #10:44.8
Result #40:33.4
Result #200:20.0
Result LIQUID LIMIT .22.4
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: 5.4
Result SWELL:.038
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASS. A-1-B
Result ABRASION 500 REV: 22.3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.17161, 41.76882

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Colluvium

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name State Highway 30

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the workings information

  • POTENTIAL SITE, NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS AND RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF CACHE AND RICH COUNTIES, UTAH

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UT. GEOL. AND MINERAL SUR. ON SITE INVEST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEBBLES, COBBLES AND BOULDERS, WELL-ROUNDED TO ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY EQUANT, LARGE AMOUNT OF SAND, SILT AND CLAY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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