Utah Dept. Highways Pit #09050

Past Producer in Garfield 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015207
MRDS ID DB00487
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Highways Pit #09050

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.61795, 38.12609 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position 1.9 MILES NORTH OF LONE CEDAR RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baking Skillet Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hanksville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dirty Devil(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 012E 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUB: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 08

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 100 % ON 1 IN., 74 % ON 1/2 IN., 53 % ON NO. 4
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 24 , PLASTICITY INDEX: NP, SWELL: AASHO CLASS: A-1-A, ABR 500 REV: 28

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.61795, 38.12609

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Henry Mtns Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Henry Mtn Lacoliths

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/DISSECTED
    Thickness 12M
    Length 1000M
    Width 300M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 800HA
    Overall length 40M
    Overall width 20M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT HIGHWAYS, MATERIAL INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY PIUTE, WAYNE, GARFIELD & KANE COUNTIE

  • Production

    DOLLAR, R. S. 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Dollar, Robert S. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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