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Gravel Deposit 08027

Occurrence in Emery 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073187
MRDS ID W019056
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Deposit 08027

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.16658, 38.81691 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 1.8 MILES EAST OF THE MUDDY RIVER BRIDGE ON I-70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mesa Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 007E 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC. 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING, GREATER THAN 3 INCHES - 0.0%, GREATER THAN 1 INCH - 10%, PERCENT PASSING AFTER CRUSHING 1 INCH - 100%, 1/2 INCH - 83.4 % NO. 4 - 57.4%, NO. 10 - 42.6%, NO 40 - 26.6%, NO 200 - 7.8%, LIQUID LIMIT 19.7%, PLASTICITY INDEX - N.P., SWELL .038% AASHO CLASSIFICATION A-1-A

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.16658, 38.81691
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 213.36M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluvial Environment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West Flank Of San Rafael Swell Area

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 2.833HA
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M. 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1965

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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