Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #17011

Past Producer in Rich 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011445
MRDS ID D006309
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #17011

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.09134, 41.69521 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position 700 FEET WEST OF KEARL RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rich(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rex Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011N 007E 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore
Sandstone Ore
Shale Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING: 3" = 2.7
Result 1" = 19.2
Result AFTER: 1" = 100
Result #4:45.7
Result #10:36.1
Result #40:26.3
Result #200:11.7
Result LIQUID LIMIT:19.4
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: NP
Result SWELL:.015
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A
Result ABRASION 500 REV: 26.6

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) -111.09134, 41.69521

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cache Allochton
Type of structure Local
Structure description Crawford Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.35M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 1.22M

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

Mining district

District name Crawford Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wesley Kearl

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.635HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH IS 3 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS AND RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY SECTION

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF CACHE AND RICH COUNTIES, UTAH

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.I., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1952 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979 UGMS ON SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MATERIALS IS ANGULAR TO SUB-ANGULAR, EQUANT AND TABULAR IN SHAPE, INTERBEDDED SAND AND SILT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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