Ut. Dept. of Hwys Borrow Pit No 12023

Past 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 10012106
MRDS ID D007491
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. of Hwys Borrow Pit No 12023

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.97217, 39.48245 (WGS84)
Elevation 1551
Relative position 2000 FT SOUTH OF U.S. HWY 91 & MILLS ROAD JUNCTION

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 015S 001W 30 NW OF NW NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAVEL INTERBEDDED WITH SAND & CLAY, PREDOMINANTLY COBBLES-POORLY SORTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Sand Ore
Sandstone Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS
Result BEFORE CRUSHING 3", 6.4
Result 1", 39.0
Result AFTER CRUSHING
Result 1", 100
Result 1/2" 73.3
Result NO 4, 48.9, NO 10, 38.0
Result NO 40, 25.5
Result NO 200, 14.6
Result LIQUID LIMIT 29.3 PLASTICITY INDEX 4.4 SWELL .063 AASHO 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) -111.97217, 39.48245

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.02M
    Length 606.95M
    Width 137.16M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.02M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Juab Lake Irrigation Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.627HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 68.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UT. DEPT. OF HWYS MATERIALS INVENTORY JUAB CO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1962 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 COBBLES, PEBBLES, BOULDERS INTERBEDDED WITH SAND & CLAY, EQUANT & TABULATE, MAINLY COBBLES - ROUNDED TO SUB-ROUNDED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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