Utah Dept. Highways Pit #16027

Past Producer in Piute 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015707
MRDS ID DB01847
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Highways Pit #16027

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.92383, 38.44025 (WGS84)
Elevation 2091
Relative position 4300 FT. ESE OF HILL IN SW 1/4 SEC. 20 , T 27 S, R 01 W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwich(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Fork 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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027 001W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: 100 % ON 1 IN., 38 % ON NO. 4
Result LIQUID LIMIT: 25
Result PLASTICITY INDEX: NP
Result SWELL: .04
Result AASHO CLASS: A-1-A
Result ABR 500 REV: 25

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Older alluvial deposits

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 6.4M
    Length 874.88M
    Width 731.52M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Sorenson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.334HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 36.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT HIGHWAYS, MATERIALS INVENTORY: PIUTE COUNTY

  • Production

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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