Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit # 14120

Past 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010560
MRDS ID D004336
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit # 14120

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.96527, 38.75717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1698
Relative position 3 MILES SSW OF HOCKMAN WELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(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 024S 019W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • S1/2, NE1/4, SEC. 3.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAINLY CARBONATE PEBBLES; COBBLES WITH SOME VOLCANIC PEBBLES. FAIR GRAVEL, MUCH SAND & SILT & CLAY INTERBEDDING.

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: GT 3'' = 0% GT 1'' = 9.0% NO. 4 = 54.6% NO. 10 = 41.3% NO. 40 = 30.3% NO. 200 = 12.7%
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASS. = A-1-6.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.96527, 38.75717

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Flood Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Burbank Hills (South)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.073HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • AU DEPTH 10 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS 1966 MATERIALS INVENTORY-MILLARD CO.

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIAL & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION MILLARD COUNTY, 1966

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAU TO SUB-ROUNDED PEBBLES & COBBLES OF ALL SHAPES; DEPOSIT IS FLOORED BY CLAY, AS EXPOSED AT CENTER OF WORKINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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