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Utah Dept of Highways Rejected Pit #14-A

Past 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. 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 10011342
MRDS ID D006003
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept of Highways Rejected Pit #14-A

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.033, 39.02357 (WGS84)
Elevation 1893
Relative position 2100 FT ESE OF RED KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scipio Lake(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 002W 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POOR GRAVEL-GRAVEL LENSES TOO THIN AND LENTICULAR TO BE MINED ECONOMICALLY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE: 1"=3.7
Result AFTER: 1":100
Result #4:49.8
Result #10:38.0
Result #40:22.2
Result #200:8.9
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 22.8
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: N P
Result ABRASION 500 REV: 29.9.

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) -112.033, 39.02357
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dan Probert

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.535HA
    Overall length 80M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 1 YD; TWO ADJACIENT PITS AT: 80 YD X 40 YD X 1 YD (15); 40 YD X 40 YD X 1 YD (30)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL INVENTORY OF MILLARD CO, 1966

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS MATERIAL IN

  • Production

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

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED TABULAR TO EQUANT GRAVEL LENSES TOO THIN AND LENTICULAR TO BE MINED ECONOMICALLY

Reporter information

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

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