Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 10004

Past Producer in Grand 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015110
MRDS ID DB00138
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 10004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.13739, 38.98858 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position 1.5 MILES EAST OF GREEN RIVER, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Green River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 016E 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SEC. 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS, PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING - 1 INCH - 100 %, NO. 4 - 56.5 %, NO. 10 - 49.0 %, NO. 40 - 34.9 %, NO. 200 - 9.2 %, LIQUID LIMIT - 18.7 , SWELL .028 , AASHO CLASSIFICATION - A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mancos Shale

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Green River Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thorn Const. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5.463HA
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY, 1968

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY, 196

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTOR

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978

  • Reserve-Resource

    MCCARTHY, B. M., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.