Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14103

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010636
MRDS ID D004469
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14103

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.55999, 39.08745 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position 2.55 MILES ESE OF BULLGRASS KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullgrass Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tule Valley(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 020S 015W 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION 8 - SE 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: GREATER THAN 1":13.4
Result 1":100
Result NO. 4:47.0
Result NO. 10:29.3
Result NO. 40:14.3
Result NO. 200:6.0
Result LIQUID LIMIT:18.4
Result PLASTICITY INDEX:1.6
Result SWELL:.013
Result A.A.H.S.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.55999, 39.08745

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.099HA
    Overall length 70M
    Overall width 15.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE CUT INTO AN ALLUVIAL FAN AT MOUTH OF KINGS CANYON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF MILLARD COUNTY

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNT

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INV

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBANGULAR TO ROUNDED, EQUANT, PEBBLES, COBBLES AND BOULDERS, SAND SILT AND CLAY INTERBEDDED, IN PARTS THE DEPOSIT IS SEMI-CONSOLIDATED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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