Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #17020

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. 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 10011449
MRDS ID D006318
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #17020

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.37273, 41.48187 (WGS84)
Elevation 2237
Relative position 3.05 MILES N70W FROM WOODRUFF CREEK DAM SPILLWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rich(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meachum Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(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 009N 005E 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POOR GRAVEL, EXTENSIVE AMOUNTS OF SILT AND CLAY PRESENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Sandstone Ore
Clay Unknown

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: AFTER CRUSHING: 1":100
Result 1/2":58.6
Result #4:24.0
Result #10:16.5
Result #40:9.1
Result #200:4.3
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 16.8
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: NP, SWELL: .007
Result A.A.S.H.O. CLASSIFICATION: A-1-A
Result ABRASIAN 500 REV: 28.9

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.37273, 41.48187

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Woodruff Thrust - Cache Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Woodruff Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Talus

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 Mts. District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nick Chourras

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.552HA
    Overall length 130M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 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.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UT. GEO. AND MINERAL SUR. ON SITE INVEST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MATERIAL IS SUBROUNDED TO WELL-ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY EQUANT IN SHAPE, INTERBED OF CLAY AND SILT PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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