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Little Boulder Dam Gravel Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071863
MRDS ID W015548
Record type Site
Current site name Little Boulder Dam Gravel Deposit
Alternate or previous names Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04003
Related records 10251266

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.78214, 39.80663 (WGS84)
Elevation 2201
Relative position .25 MILES N.E. OF LITTLE BOULDER DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Matts Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Price(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 010E 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING: 13.3% GREATER THAN 3 INCH, 46.1% GREATER THAN 1 INCH
Result SIEVE ANALYSIS AFTER CRUSHING 100% PASSING 1 INCH, 72.0% PASSING 1/2 INCH, 42.0 PASSING NO. 4, 29.0% PASSING NO. 10, 17.2% PASSING NO. 40, 7.7% PASSING NO. 200
Result LIQUID LIMIT IS 22.9, PLASTICITY INDEX IS N.P., SWELL IS .031%, AASHO CLASSIFICATION IS A-1-A., ABRASION IS 34.4% AFTER 500 REVOLUTIONS.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.78214, 39.80663
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE - BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluvial Environment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Moynier, L.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.338HA
    Overall length 267M
    Overall width 57.61M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY COMPILATION REPORT: UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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