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Willow Creek 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. 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071864
MRDS ID W015549
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek Gravel Deposit
Alternate or previous names Utah Dept of Highways Pit No 04004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.78353, 39.79885 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position 0.5 MILES SOUTH 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 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISON: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS BEFORE CRUSHING: 6.3% GREATER THAN 3 INCH, 36.8% GREATER THAN 1 INCH
Result SIEVE ANALYSIS AFTER CRUSHING: 100% PASSING 1 INCH, 36.4% PASSING NO. 4, 23.9% PASSING NO. 10, 13.8% PASSING NO. 40, 6.7% PASSING NO. 200
Result LIQUID LIMIT IS 22.0%, PLASTICITY INDEX IS N.P., SWELL IS .017%, AASHO CLASSIFICATION IS A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.78353, 39.79885
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluvial Environment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.101HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965, MATERIALS INVENTORY OF CARBON AND EMERY COUNT

  • Production

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

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