Utah Dept of Hwys. Gravel Pit #12026

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 10012114
MRDS ID D007512
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept of Hwys. Gravel Pit #12026

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.92939, 39.53078 (WGS84)
Elevation 1564
Relative position 21,000 FT WSW OF LEVAN SCHOOL HOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juab(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(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 03 SW OF SW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PEBBLES & COBBLES INTERBEDDED WITH SAND

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS
Result BEFORE CRUSHING 3", 0.0
Result 1" 11.5 AFTER CRUSHING 1", 100
Result 1/2", 78.1
Result NO 4, 49.2 NO 10, 39.1
Result NO 40 29.7, NO. 200, 12.7 LIQUID LIMIT 19.9
Result PLASTICITY INDEX, N.P.
Result SWELL .008 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) -111.92939, 39.53078

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 2.74M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bottom

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 N. Taylor

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. AMTS. UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 10.535HA
    Overall length 550M
    Overall width 201.17M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 1 YD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL UT. DEPT OF HWY

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEBBLES & COBBLES, EQUANT, WELL ROUNDED, INTERBEDDED WITH SAND & SILT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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