Utah Dept of Highways Gravel Pit No 01051

Past Producer in Beaver 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 10011268
MRDS ID D005837
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept of Highways Gravel Pit No 01051

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.09913, 38.41718 (WGS84)
Elevation 1640
Relative position 4 MILES WEST OF MILFORD ON STATE HIGHWAY 21.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier 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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 011W 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING % PASSING GREATER THAN 1"=12.5% AFTER CRUSHING 1"=100%, 1/2" 84.9%, #4=60.1%, #10=39.5%, #40=11.4%, #200=3.7

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Intrusives
    Rock description Intrusives
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.09913, 38.41718

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range/Plateau Transition Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Star Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 243.84M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Deposit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mining district

District name Star

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 0.35HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENT, 1968, BEAVER CO

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS AND RESEARCH DIVISION: MATERIALS INVENTORY: BEAVER COUNTY UTA

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECEIVES SOME LOCAL USE BY MILFORD RESIDENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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