Gravel Pit 12061

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. 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 10012625
MRDS ID D008353
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit 12061
Related records 10252286

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18718, 39.94078 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Relative position 2,300 FEET EAST OF KNIGHT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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 010S 003W 21 SE OF SE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POORLY SORTED, INTERBEDS OF SAND AND SILT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sand Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS IN PERCENT: BEFORE CRUSHING, OVER 1 IN=19.1 GAFTER 1 IN=100 1/2 M.=0 NO. 4=37.2, NO. 10=25.3, NO. 40=15.0, NO. 200=8.6, LIQUID LIMIT-22.0 PLASTICITY INDEX NP, SWELL=.036

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvial Gravels
    Rock description Alluvial Gravels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18718, 39.94078

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Main Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. And E. Robinson

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.401HA
    Overall length 80M
    Overall width 32M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS 1965, MATERIALS INVETORY, JUAB CO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF JUAB COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T., BULL. 1142-L

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1977, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEBBLES AND COBBLES ARE ANGULAR TO ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY TABULAR WITH SAME PROLATE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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