Utah Dept. Highways Pit No. 08041

Past Producer in Emery 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071439
MRDS ID W014827
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Dept. Highways Pit No. 08041

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.38073, 38.8408 (WGS84)
Elevation 1277
Relative position 3.1 MILES SSE OF HATT RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greasewood Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 014E 04 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore
Jasper Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result AASHO CLASSIFICATION A-1-A, LIQUID LIMIT 14.0
Result PLASTICITY INDEX N.P., ABRASION AFTER 500 REVOLUTIONS, SIEVE ANALYSIS - 3.3% GREATER THAN 3 INCH, 21.1% GREATER THAN 1 INCH. SIEVE ANALYSIS AFTER CRUSHING - 100% PASSING 1 IN., 70.6% PASSING 1/2 IN., 53.3% PASSING NO. 4, 42.9% PASSING NO. 10, 23.6% PASSING NO. 40, 6.6% PASSING NO. 200.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Recent Alluvium And Colluvium
    Rock description Recent Alluvium And Colluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.38073, 38.8408

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell, Paradox Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nequoia Arch

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PARTICLE SIZE RANGES FROM 3 FT DIAMETER BOULDERS DOWN TO FINE SAND. AVERAGE GRAVEL SIZE ABOUT 1" IN DIAMETER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael Desert Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Utah Department Of Highways

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ABOUT 300 TONS OF SCREENED GRAVEL STOCK PILED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.227HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    1965 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT. HIGHWAYS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STATE HIGHWAY DEPT. HAS SEVERAL PILES OF SCREENED MATERIAL STOCKPILED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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