Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 24029

Past Producer in Uintah 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015158
MRDS ID DB00295
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 24029

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.51822, 40.50968 (WGS84)
Elevation 1689
Relative position EAST OF STEINAKER RESERVOIR AND 1 MILE NE OF BM 5375

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steinaker Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 021E 36 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 24.5 % RETAINED ON 1 INCH
Result LIQUID LIMIT IS 22.5 PLASTICITY INDEX IS NP: SWELL IS .023 , AASHO CLASSIFICATION IS A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.51822, 40.50968

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 1524M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Land Board

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME OVERBURDEN WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 10.034HA
    Overall length 400M
    Overall width 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 PIT AREAS ON TOP OF HILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAY

  • Reserve-Resource

    MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS A TERRACE GRAVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Mccarthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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