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Wild Mountain Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Uintah county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015191
MRDS ID DB00401
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Mountain Gravel Pit
Related records 10202682

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.09904, 40.64052 (WGS84)
Elevation 2289
Relative position 2.5 MILES WEST OF UTAH-COLO. BORDER. AND 0.8 MILES SOUTH OF UINTAH AND DAGGETT COUNTIES BORDERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoy Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 025E 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Undivided
    Rock description Undivided
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.09904, 40.64052
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Mountain Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 54.68M
    Width 45.72M
    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 Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT CONSIST OF LARGE BOULDERS AND WOULD REQUIRE CRUSHING.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.209HA
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MCCARTHY, B. M., 1977

Reporter information

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

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