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Utah Dept of Highways Pit No 14028

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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010696
MRDS ID D004596
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept of Highways Pit No 14028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40051, 39.00857 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Relative position 4.4 MILES WSW OF CEDAR MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Sink(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 021S 005W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD GRAVEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS:1":100
Result 1/2":97.3
Result NO. 4:71.3
Result NO. 10:33.2
Result NO. 40:16.6
Result NO. 200:2.9
Result LIQUID LIMIT:22.3
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: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) -112.40051, 39.00857
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION FIGURE GREATLY EXCEEDS THE UTAH HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RESERVES ESTIMATE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.361HA
    Overall length 500M
    Overall width 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVG. DEPTH 4 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS AND RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION: MILLARD COUNTY 196

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INV

  • Production

    STEGEN R.J. 1979, GEOLOGIST

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY MATERIAL INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUNDED TO WELL ROUNDED - EQUANT DEPOSIT CONTAINS INTERBEDDED SAND, SILT & CLAY

Reporter information

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

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