Ut. Dept of Hwys Borrow Pit #12017

Producer in Juab 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. 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 10012103
MRDS ID D007486
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept of Hwys Borrow Pit #12017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.913, 39.43829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1649
Relative position AT MOUTH OF CHRISS CREEK CYN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skinner Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 016S 001W 10 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 3", 8.1
Result 1", 23.5
Result AFTER CRUSHING 1", 100
Result NO. 4, 49.8
Result NO 10, 40.0, NO 40, 26.6, NO. 200 8.9, PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., LIQUID LIMIT, 22.6
Result SWELL .012
Result AASHO A-1-9

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Fanglomerate
    Rock description Fanglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.913, 39.43829

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 656.16M
    Width 274.32M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 6.71M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. Chase

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.508HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 33 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UT DEPT. OF HWYS, MATERIAL INVENTORY, JUAB CO., 1966

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT OF HWYS, 1966, MATERIALS & RESEARCH DIVISION, MATERIALS INVENTORY, JUAB CO

  • Deposit

    1958 DIREXPL UT. DEPT. OF HWY

  • Production

    CONNELLY, M.P., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PREDOMINANTLY PEBBLES, SUB-ANGULAR-SUBROUNDED LITTLE CLAY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Connelly, Michael P. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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