Utah Dept of Highways Pit #14107

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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011320
MRDS ID D005934
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept of Highways Pit #14107

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.93362, 39.11606 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 1.2 MILES ENE OF ESKDALE, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eskdale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 019S 019W 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAVEL QUITE CLEAN-GOOD GRAVEL

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 1":4.9
Result 1"=100
Result 1/2":77.1
Result NO 4:43.6
Result NO. 10:31.0
Result NO 40:12.6
Result NO 200:4.2
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 17
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: N P
Result SWELL: .004
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) -113.93362, 39.11606

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 7.62M
    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 Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Us Highway 50 And 6

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.523HA
    Overall length 180M
    Overall width 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR OTHER PITS AT 85 YDS X 50 YDS X 3 YDS AND 35 YDS X 15 YDS X 3 YD, 30 YDS X 20 YDS X 3 YDS, 30 YDS X 20 YDS X 3 YDS

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 AND RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY, SECTION: MILLARD COUNT

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS IN

  • Production

    STEGEN, R J, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SURV

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF MILLARD COUNTY, 1966

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ROUNDED TO WELL ROUNDED PEBBLES OF EQUANT SHAPE

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.