Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit #14061

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 10010657
MRDS ID D004518
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit #14061

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.37412, 39.18996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position 7.25 MILES SSW OF OAK CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duggins Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(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 018S 005W 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2, SE 1/4, SEC 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD GRAVEL

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 3":1.5
Result 1":34.1
Result AFTER: 1":100
Result 1/2":63.9
Result #4:33.1
Result #10:27.8
Result #40:23.5
Result #200:1.4
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 22.1
Result P.I.: N.P.
Result SWELL: .007
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) -112.37412, 39.18996

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beach Deposit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Millard County

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.308HA
    Overall length 170M
    Overall width 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • AV. DEPTH 2 YDS. SECOND PIT IS 240 YDS X 100 YDS X 2 1/2 YDS; THIRD PIT IS 1000 YDS. X 80 YDS. X 3 YDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, 1966 MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNT

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN R.J. 1979 GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUNDED TO WELL-ROUNDED PEBBLES, EQUANT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.